Hard-earned

Synonyms for "hard-earned" (51 found)

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abstruse backbreaking brutal burdensome complex critical crushing delicate demanding difficult exacting

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forced formidable grueling hairy hard hard fought heavy hefty herculean intricate jawbreaking killing knotted knotty

Adjective(1 words)

hard-won

Related words (25)

labored laborious mean not easy onerous operose oppressive painful punishing rigorous rough rugged severe spiny steep strained thorny ticklish toilsome tough

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tricky troublesome uphill wearisome wicked

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hard-won

Translations

4 translations across 4 languages.

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

來之不易的 /来之不易的 adj (obtained with a great deal of effort)

Finnish

1 entries

kovalla työllä ansaittu adj (obtained with a great deal of effort)

Italian

1 entries

sudato adj (obtained with a great deal of effort)

Portuguese

1 entries

suado adj (obtained with a great deal of effort)

Sample sentences

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I bought it with my hard-earned money.

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Workers must have a place to invest their hard-earned savings that provides an appropriate balance of risk and return, and many private sector providers do not offer retirement savings options tailored to smaller balance savers.

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They want to steal our hard-earned taxpayer money.

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Only the misinformed spend their hard-earned money on wheat, which is basically grass.

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