Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hard-hitting

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.42 in modern English

Syllables: hard-hit-ting
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Aggressively vigorous or forceful.

Example Sentences

"A packed schedule of 13 different inquiries ranged from parking on pavements to filling potholes, plus a hard-hitting examination of the Government's proposed Airports National Policy Statement and its recommendation to grant approval for a third runway to be built at Heathrow."
"I found a Chugging Mask in the demo, which increased my health stat every time I drank a healing potion on full health, and then focused on piling on armour so I could wade through smaller encounters unscathed, and chug my way into tankhood so I could survive harder-hitting foes."
"The hardest-hitting message of the weekend comes not from Huff but from guest speaker Charlotte Gambill, a UK-based traveling preacher who frequently speaks at women’s gatherings."

Inflected Forms

more hard-hitting (comparative) harder-hitting (comparative) most hard-hitting (superlative) hardest-hitting (superlative)

Synonyms

high-pressure trenchant

Questions

What does hard-hitting mean?: Aggressively vigorous or forceful.

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