"hard-hitting" meaning in All languages combined

See hard-hitting on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more hard-hitting [comparative], harder-hitting [comparative], most hard-hitting [superlative], hardest-hitting [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|more|harder-hitting|sup=most|sup2=hardest-hitting}} hard-hitting (comparative more hard-hitting or harder-hitting, superlative most hard-hitting or hardest-hitting)
  1. Aggressively vigorous or forceful. Translations (hard-hitting): hardtslående (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-hard-hitting-en-adj-VXxRlNR7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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