Definitions for hardness

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hardness hard·ness

Spelling: [hahrd-nis]

IPA: /ˈhɑrd nɪs/

Hardness is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 313 anagrams from letters in hardness (adehnrss).

Definitions for hardness

noun

1. the state or quality of being hard:
2. a relative degree or extent of this quality:
3. that quality in water that is imparted by the presence of dissolved salts, especially calcium sulfate or bicarbonate.
4. unfeelingness or jadedness; callousness.
5. harshness or austerity, as of a difficult existence.
6. South Midland U.S. ill will; bad feelings:
7. Mineralogy. the comparative ability of a substance to scratch or be scratched by another. Compare Mohs scale.
8. Metallurgy. the measured resistance of a metal to indention, abrasion, deformation, or machining.

Origin of hardness

before 900; Middle English hardnes, Old English heardnes. See hard, -ness

Examples for hardness

It may be that the hardness that was once there shows now upon my face—that is all.

But behind this ignorance there was no hardness of heart; only a narrow inexperience.

The hardness remained in Mary's face, as she continued to regard her friend.

I portray Mecca as it really was, which means in all its hardness and brutality.

Yet now she must spoil it all, and all for the Father's hardness.

They can be hard, of course, but they aren't always exhibiting their hardness.

He shrank under the hedges, 'in guilt and sorrow, bemoaning the hardness of his fate.'

Its hardness, solidity, and actuality could not be gainsaid.

His district, just south of Washington DC was among the hardness hit by the trembler.

When she felt his hardness,” however, “the feelings evaporated.