Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hard-assed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables
hard-assed
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a person: having a very difficult personality; being a perfectionist.

American usage; Slang

Usage

Inflected Forms

more hard-assed (comparative) most hard-assed (superlative)

Questions

What does hard-assed mean?
Of a person: having a very difficult personality; being a perfectionist.

How to pronounce hard-assed

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