All hards synonyms

verb hards

• withstand — to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
• continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
• combat — Combat is fighting that takes place in a war.
• repel — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
• confront — If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
• defy — If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.
• abide — to tolerate; put up with
• forgo — to abstain or refrain from; do without.
• maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• turn down — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• traverse — to pass or move over, along, or through.
• countervail — to act or act against with equal power or force
• weather — the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
• antagonize — If you antagonize someone, you make them feel angry or hostile towards you.
• battle — A battle is a violent fight between groups of people, especially one between military forces during a war.
• counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
• suffer — to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• contend — If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
• brook — to bear; tolerate
• persist — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
• dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
• forbear — to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
• persevere — to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly.
• bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• assault — An assault by an army is a strong attack made on an area held by the enemy.
• refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
• assail — If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• buck — A buck is a US or Australian dollar.
• duel — a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
• stonewall — to engage in stonewalling.
• remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
• fight back — retaliate
• die hard — If you say that habits or attitudes die hard, you mean that they take a very long time to disappear or change, so that it may not be possible to get rid of them completely.
• hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• keep from — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
• stand up to — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.