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/hahrd"ejd'/, adj.realistic and uncompromising: a hard-edged documentary.[1950-55]
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hard-edged — adjective Date: 1954 having a tough, driving, or sharp quality < hard edged stories about life in the city > … New Collegiate Dictionary
hard-edged — adjective a hard edged report, article etc deals with unpleasant subjects or criticizes someone severely in a way that may offend some people … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hard-edged — UK [ˌhɑː(r)d ˈedʒd] / US [ˌhɑrd ˈedʒd] adjective dealing with unpleasant subjects from real life in a way that does not try to hide their unpleasant qualities a hard edged documentary … English dictionary
Hard-edge painting — consists of rough, straight edges that are geometrically consistent. It encompasses rich solid colors, neatness of surface, and arranged forms all over the canvas. The Hard edge painting style is related to Geometric abstraction, Post painterly… … Wikipedia
hard-edge — [härd′ej΄] adj. 1. designating or of any painting or work of art in which there are hard, or clearly defined, edges to the shapes, as of color, on the surface 2. intense or sharp; clearly defined: also hard edged … English World dictionary
-edged — [[t] eʤd[/t]] COMB in ADJ GRADED edged combines with words such as sharp , raw , and dark to form adjectives which indicate that something such as a play or a piece of writing is very powerful or critical. [JOURNALISM] → See also , edged, hard… … English dictionary
