happiness, n. felicity, blessedness, delight, [gladness], [pleasure], ecstasy, [bliss], [rapture], [merriment], [mirth], elation, beatitude, [joy]. Antonyms: [sorrow], [grief]. Associated words: eudemonics, eudemonist, eudemonism, eudemonic, beatify, beatification, hedonics, hedonist, hedonic, hedonism, felicific, [felicitate], [felicitation].
happy, a. [joyous], light-hearted, [gay], [blissful], [glad], [delighted], [elated], [merry], ecstatic, buoyant, [cheerful], gratified, [joyful], beatific, [rapturous], felicitous, blithe, halcyon, charmed, [exultant], [ravishing], gladdened; [lucky], prosperous, [successful]; [auspicious]. Antonyms: See [unhappy].
happy-go-lucky, a. improvident, [easy-going], unthrifty.
harangue, n. declamation, [ranting], effusion, [screed], [tirade].
harangue, v. declaim, [spout], [rant].
harass, v. [fatigue], [tire], [weary]; [annoy], [vex], [torment], [perplex], [distress], [persecute], [worry], [bother].
harbinger, n. [forerunner], precursor, [herald], [messenger].
harbor, n. [refuge], [shelter], [asylum], [retreat]; [port], [haven], destination.
hard, a. [firm], [solid], [compact], [impenetrable], [unimpressible], [unyielding], [rigid], adamantine, dense, [insoluble], [flinty], indurate, indurated, infrangible; [arduous], [laborious], wearisome, [onerous], burdensome, toilsome, [tiresome], exhausting, [difficult], [knotty], [intricate], [puzzling], [incomprehensible]; irresistible, [uncontrollable]; [severe], [rigorous], [unendurable], [oppressive], [unjust], [grievous], [calamitous], incompliant; [stern], [unyielding], obdurate, [unfeeling], [exacting], [insensible], [hard-hearted], [callous], [implacable], [inflexible]; repelling, [constrained], inelegant; [severe], inclement, [rigorous]; [excessive], [immoderate]; unprosperous, [unfavorable], [disastrous].
hard case. (Colloq.) incorrigible, [reprobate], [derelict], [outcast].