hardness - Meaning in Konkani

hardness - Meaning in Konkani

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Definitions and Meaning of hardness in English

hardness noun

1. excessive sternness

   Synonyms

   harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness

   Examples

   • "severity of character"
   • "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"
   • "the rigors of boot camp"
2. the quality of being difficult to do

   Synonyms

   ruggedness

   Examples

   • "he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness"
   • "the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail"
3. devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness

   Synonyms

   callosity, callousness, insensibility, unfeelingness

4. a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering

   Example

   • "the costs of reducing hardness depend on the relative amounts of calcium and magnesium compounds that are present"
5. the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale

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