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[ hahrsh ] / hɑrʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR harsh ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners. grim or unpleasantly severe; stern; cruel; austere: a harsh life; a harsh master. physically uncomfortable; desolate; stark: a harsh land. unpleasant to the ear; grating; strident: a harsh voice; a harsh sound. unpleasantly rough, ragged, or coarse to the touch: a harsh surface. jarring to the eye or to the esthetic sense; unrefined; crude; raw: harsh colors. unpleasant to the taste or sense of smell; bitter; acrid: a harsh flavor; a harsh odor. Origin of harshFirst recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English harsk; cognate with German harsch,Danish harsk “rancid” SYNONYMS FOR harsh2 brusque, hard, unfeeling, unkind, brutal, acrimonious, bad-tempered. 3 rough. 4 discordant, dissonant, unharmonious. 6 unesthetic. SEE SYNONYMS FOR harsh ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for harsh2. See stern1. OTHER WORDS FROM harshharshly, adverbharshness, nouno·ver·harsh, adjectiveo·ver·harsh·ly, adverb o·ver·harsh·ness, nounun·harsh, adjectiveun·harsh·ly, adverb Words nearby harshharrow, harrowing, harrumph, harry, Harry Potter, harsh, harshen, harslet, Harstad, hart, Hartack Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for harshWhy, some might be asking, am I being so harsh on their work so soon after they died? Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie|Arthur Chu|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST Your letter highlights so many of the harsh realities trans people face, specifically in regard to how society rejects us. Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen|Parker Molloy|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST Your death is symbolic of the harsh reality facing so many of us. Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen|Parker Molloy|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST But this was the year when criticism of said women finally got the harsh words it deserved. Renée Zellweger Got a New Face—and Everyone Had An Opinion About It|Kevin O’Keeffe|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As for his harsh—some might even say paranoid—opposition to European integration, “most of us would support him.” Vaclav Klaus, Libertarian Hero, Has His Wings Clipped by Cato Institute|James Kirchick|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST She moaned and wept and refused all comfort, until one night she closed her eyes on the world which had been so harsh and bitter. The Bishop's Secret|Fergus Hume That harsh call to return rang in their hearts by day and by night, awakening home-sickness and desire. The Outrage|Annie Vivanti A harsh voice or two and the sound of whips presently silenced the barking dogs, and all was still again. The Golden Dog|William Kirby She looked so piteous through her tears that, savage as I felt, my heart reproached me for my harsh, cruel speech. Flora Lyndsay|Susanna Moodie Though naturally of a mild disposition, his controversies unfortunately assumed the harsh and vituperative tone of the period. The Jesuits, 1534-1921|Thomas J. Campbell
British Dictionary definitions for harsh
adjectiverough or grating to the senses stern, severe, or cruel verb(tr) slang to cause (a state of elation) to be diminished or ended (esp in the phrases harsh someone's mellow and harsh someone's buzz) Derived forms of harshharshly, adverbharshness, nounWord Origin for harshC16: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Middle Low German harsch, Norwegian harsk rancid Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to harshhard, grim, severe, rigid, sharp, bitter, strident, bleak, stringent, tough, unkind, rude, ruthless, cruel, brutal, relentless, unpleasant, punitive, stern, coarse |