hard casenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌhɑːd ˈkeɪs/us/ˌhɑːrd ˈkeɪs/also hard nut mainly UK informalsomeone who is difficult to deal with and possibly angry and violent
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Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- malcontent
- rotter
- runt
- sadist
- scum
- scumbag
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- villain of the piece idiom
- viper
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