hardest (adjective) hard: rocklike
Sinonime: be a target, be a whipping boy, come to grips with, court disaster, face criticism, face one's punishment, go in harm's way, go through fire and water, march up to the cannon's mouth, meet head-on, take one's life in one's hands, take potshots, take the bull by the horns
Antonime: flexible,
malleable,
pliable, pliant,
soft,
yielding