hardness

• The property of being rigid and resistant to pressure
  Not easily scratched
  Measured on Mohs scale (synset 104945025)
  attribute:

  • hard - resisting weight or pressure
  • soft - yielding readily to pressure or weight
  hypernym: body, consistence, consistency, substance - the property of holding together and retaining its shape
  hyponym:

  • firmness - the property of being unyielding to the touch
  • incompressibility - the property of being incompressible
• A quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering (synset 104944764)
  hypernym: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
• Devoid of passion or feeling
  Hardheartedness (synset 104851856)
  hypernym: insensitiveness, insensitivity - the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
  hyponym: dullness - lack of sensibility
  synonym: callosity, callousness, insensibility, unfeelingness
• The quality of being difficult to do (synset 104717864)
  hypernym: difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult
  synonym: ruggedness
• Excessive sternness (synset 104647089)
  hypernym: sternness, strictness - uncompromising resolution
  synonym: harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness

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