hardsome

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English

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Etymology

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From hard +‎ -some.

Adjective

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hardsome (comparative more hardsome, superlative most hardsome)

  1. Characterised by hardness; stern; severe; difficult
    • 1854, Leigh Hunt, Essays and Miscellanies:
      Mere grimness is as easy as grinning; but it requires something to put a hardsome face on a story.
    • 1992, Bhanu Pratap Chaurasia, Women's Status in India: Policies and Programmes:
      Her daily life is very hardsome and full of continuous labour.

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