Weasel Words by Chambers

Author:Chambers
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780550104762
Publisher: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd

hard-hitting

adjective

The adjective hard-hitting means direct and frankly critical. It can be used to describe anything that bravely tells it like it is, pulls no punches and doesn’t beat around the bush. It’s gritty. It’s real. It’s street. It’s also an unavoidable cliché.

A hard-hitting £1m television and internet advertising campaign to warn teenagers of the dangers of cocaine use is being launched by the government.

BBC News

The Northern Ireland Troubles are set to be the subject of a controversial new episode of hard-hitting television drama Cracker.

Belfast Telegraph

While it may have had some impact when used to describe the kitchen-sink TV dramas of the 1960s, hard-hitting is now more likely to be used to lazily recap a forgettable episode of The Bill.

New York rapper Papoose was quick to release this hard-hitting song inspired by a shooting death last weekend.

Rolling Stone

The festival organiser sees no real boundaries for musical theatre as a medium for hard-hitting political and social commentary, though he says some topics might still prove too difficult.

Sydney Morning Herald

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