hardsome
English
Etymology
From hard + -some.
Adjective
hardsome (comparative more hardsome, superlative most hardsome)
- Characterised by hardness; stern; severe; difficult
- 1854, Leigh Hunt, Essays and Miscellanies:
- Mere grimness is as easy as grinning; but it requires something to put a hardsome face on a story.
- 1992, Bhanu Pratap Chaurasia, Women's Status in India: Policies and Programmes:
- Her daily life is very hardsome and full of continuous labour.
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Anagrams
- hadromes