hard-hitting

1. 1.

   characterized by or full of force and vigor

   “a hard-hitting expose”

   “a trenchant argument”

   Synonymstrenchant

   Similareffective
2. 2.

   aggressively and persistently persuasive

   “a hard-hitting advertising campaign”

   “a high-pressure salesman”

   Synonymshigh-pressure

   Similaraggressive

Questions about hard-hitting

What does hard-hitting mean?

hard-hitting means "characterized by or full of force and vigor". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hard-hitting?

hard-hitting has 3 syllables: hard--hit-ting. The stress falls on "hard-".

What is another word for hard-hitting?

Close synonyms include trenchant, high-pressure. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hard-hitting a common word?

hard-hitting is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.