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hard-won

ADJECTIVE

difficult

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ambitious arduous burdensome challenging crucial demanding laborious onerous painful problematic severe strenuous tough troublesome

WEAK

backbreaker bothersome difficile easier said than done effortful exacting formidable galling gargantuan heavy herculean immense intricate irritating labored no picnic not easy operose problem prohibitive rigid stiff titanic toilsome trying unyielding uphill upstream wearisome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy effortless facile helpful nice trivial

WEAK

calm free friendly manageable plain simple sociable straightforward uncomplicated

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Thermal imaging gave him a huge advantage for spotting the cats, but otherwise he relied on hard-won experience.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Which manager would risk a hard-won reputation on working in the volatile, shambolic environment that currently characterises Chelsea?

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

It’s certainly hard to argue that the current round of conflict, including the extended closure of the Strait of Hormuz, will undue the market’s hard-won gains.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

They’ve also led him to the heartening and hard-won conclusion that we control how we respond to our emotions: “Reject nothing. Receive everything. See what you learn.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

They were too full to eat any more, but were having a marvelous time making toys out of my hard-won winter food supply.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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