Hard
Rooted
Rooted adjective - Firmly established over time.
Usage example: a popular, rooted misconception that has proved very resistant to correction
Hard and rooted are semantically related in characteristic topic. Sometimes you can use "Hard" instead an adjective "Rooted".
Both words in one sentence
- Suffice to say that many readers who enjoyed Push and rooted for Precious found it very hard to slog through The Kid.
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It fluctuates here and there, but is always firmly rooted at a half-way point (see the hard rock/heavy metal ambiguity note above).
Source: Music / Disturbed -
By this point, it's such a firmly-rooted tradition that you'd be hard-pressed to find a custom map on any fan-made WAD that has the keys in a different order.
Source: Video Game / Heretic
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Rooted and Hard. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hard/rooted
Hard & Rooted. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hard/rooted>.
Rooted or Hard. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hard/rooted.
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