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"very hard" -> formidable ? I don't agree because there are multiple interpretations. I would have liked multiple results, e.g., formidable, diamond-like, arduo

"very hard" -> formidable ? I don't agree because there are multiple interpretations. I would have liked multiple results, e.g., formidable, diamond-like, arduous, etc. In other words, don't use this site blindly.

DiggyJohnson 4y ago
While I think this advise of yours should be clear to any user of a thesaurus or this site, I figured I'd share my default answer to a replacement for "very hard". "very hard" -> "difficult" Which is interesting because that's also an opinionated synonym for "hard", which without context has many definitions and interpretations. I'm also not even sure I think of "difficult" as being more hard than hard. I digress. Have a good evening.
THENATHE 4y ago
Formitible for difficult, and for something like hardness you could use “extremely”
nomel 4y ago
Another with multiple interpretations: very + gay = glamorous
Crazyontap 4y ago
> In other words, don't use this site blindly. Very true! For example: Very + Old = Ancient My granda is very old vs My grandma is ancient.
- chitowneats 4y ago
  "Very old" is still rude. Seems roughly equivalent to me.
  - necovek 4y ago
    I am not yet "very old" (still not 40 :), but I've been called that by much younger folk, and I even joke about being "very old" in different social settings. It's obviously a relative term, so I would hope this isn't considered "rude" more generally. Even objectively, if life expectancy is 75 in a region, saying that someone 70+ is "old", or someone 85+ is "very old" sounds "correct" rather than rude. Is "very young" rude as well? Is it rude to say that someone is very short or very tall? I mean, that 6ft basketball player is very short. Yes, some will take offence at any objective statement of fact, and some of these are cultural (tall is good, short is not; young is good, short is not), but if your point is not to denigrate, then you are not rude imho.
- drusepth 4y ago
  >Very true! Not yet added! :(

DiggyJohnson 4y ago

While I think this advise of yours should be clear to any user of a thesaurus or this site, I figured I'd share my default answer to a replacement for "very hard". "very hard" -> "difficult" Which is interesting because that's also an opinionated synonym for "hard", which without context has many definitions and interpretations. I'm also not even sure I think of "difficult" as being more hard than hard. I digress. Have a good evening.

THENATHE 4y ago

Formitible for difficult, and for something like hardness you could use “extremely”

nomel 4y ago

Another with multiple interpretations: very + gay = glamorous

Crazyontap 4y ago

> In other words, don't use this site blindly. Very true! For example: Very + Old = Ancient My granda is very old vs My grandma is ancient.

chitowneats 4y ago
"Very old" is still rude. Seems roughly equivalent to me.
- necovek 4y ago
  I am not yet "very old" (still not 40 :), but I've been called that by much younger folk, and I even joke about being "very old" in different social settings. It's obviously a relative term, so I would hope this isn't considered "rude" more generally. Even objectively, if life expectancy is 75 in a region, saying that someone 70+ is "old", or someone 85+ is "very old" sounds "correct" rather than rude. Is "very young" rude as well? Is it rude to say that someone is very short or very tall? I mean, that 6ft basketball player is very short. Yes, some will take offence at any objective statement of fact, and some of these are cultural (tall is good, short is not; young is good, short is not), but if your point is not to denigrate, then you are not rude imho.
drusepth 4y ago
>Very true! Not yet added! :(