# hard mode

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A game mode with a higher difficulty than the standard gameplay.
2. A task or situation made deliberately more difficult than usual, often as a test of skill or endurance.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hard, mode.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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