Harder

//hɑːdə// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of haarder. alt-of, alternative
Adjective
  1. 1
    comparative form of hard: more hard comparative, form-of

    "He is more likely to succeed because he tries harder."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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difficultstrongadamantinebackbreakingcalculatingconcentrated

Example

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"The police are really good at understanding "Someone stole my credit card and ran up a lot of charges." It's a lot harder to get them to buy into "Someone stole my magic sword.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

From hard + -er.

Etymology 2

From Afrikaans haarder (“mullet”).

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