Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Difficult; severe.
4 letter answer(s) to difficult; severe
HARD
(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum; "Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants"
being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor"
causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure"
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";
dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused"
given to excessive
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