Hard and Puzzling

Hard

Hard adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.

Puzzling is a synonym for hard in difficult topic. In some cases you can use "Puzzling" instead an adjective "Hard", when it comes to topics like complex, complicated.

Nearby Words: harden, hardship, hardy, hardly, hardness

Puzzling

Puzzling adjective - Not clear to the understanding.

Hard is a synonym for puzzling in property topic. Sometimes you can use "Hard" instead an adjective "Puzzling", if it concerns topics such as difficult, complicated, perplexing, confusing.

Nearby Words: puzzle, puzzled, puzzlement, puzzler

Both words in one sentence

  • Made of Explodium This is rather puzzling when you think about it, since it's damnably hard to get a tank to explode in real life.
  • Visual Novel / Serendipity Next Door The protagonist has a hard time reconciling the starstruck behavior of the OMI fans around her with the odd, puzzling, and occasionally very frustrating reality of the man.
  • Hostage: Called it Bruce Willis' last truly great film and a better Die Hard film than the last two Die Hard sequels, and that it was puzzling why this didn't do better at the box office.
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