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harshness
harsh H0074000 (härsh)adj. harsh·er, harsh·est 1. Disagreeable to one of the senses, as:a. Disagreeable to the sense of hearing: a harsh voice.b. Disagreeable to the sense of sight: harsh lighting.c. Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch: harsh burlap.2. Unpleasant, uncomfortable, or hostile to survival: a harsh wilderness; a harsh winter.3. Severe, cruel, or exacting: harsh punishment; a harsh overseer.4. Disagreeable to the mind or feelings: harsh words.5. Expressing displeasure or disapproval: gave me a harsh look.
[Middle English harsk, of Scandinavian origin.]
harsh′ly adv.harsh′ness n.Harshness See Also: VOICE, FIRMNESS - Austere … as an aging virgin —Paige Mitchell
- Corrosive as shame —Frank Swinnerton
- Harsh as the bitterness of death —Algernon Charles Swinburne
- Harsh as the yelping of jackals —Gustave Flaubert
- (I will be … ) harsh as truth —William Lloyd
- Rough as a cob and twice as corny —American colloquialism attributed to South
- Shrill and active like a flight of gulls —George Garrett
See Also: ACTIVENESS - Shrill as a whistling teapot with a head full of steam —Anon
- (His nerves sang a song) shriller than a dog whistle —Douglas Adams
- Shrill [voice] like a blade turning on a whetstone —Clifford Irving
- Spoke sternly like a ward nurse to a familiar patient —Arthur A. Cohen
- Strident as mustard —Marge Piercy
- Threw orders around like lashes from a cat-o’nine-tails —Maya Angelou
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  harshness - the roughness of a substance that causes abrasionsabrasiveness, scratchinessraggedness, roughness - a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven | | 2. | harshness - the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the sensesroughnessunpleasantness - the quality of giving displeasure; "the recent unpleasantness of the weather"gruffness, hoarseness, huskiness - a throaty harshness | | 3. | harshness - the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyancecruelness, crueltybrutality, ferociousness, viciousness, savagery - the trait of extreme crueltymurderousness - cruelty evidence by a capability to commit murdermalevolency, malice, malevolence - the quality of threatening evil | | 4. | harshness - excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"inclemency, rigorousness, rigourousness, rigour, rigor, severeness, severity, stiffness, hardnesssternness, strictness - uncompromising resolution |
harshnessnoun1. severity, brutality, roughness, sternness, hardness They treated him with extreme harshness.2. bitterness, acrimony, ill-temper, sourness, asperity, acerbity a tone of abrupt harshnessharshnessnounThe fact or condition of being rigorous and unsparing:austerity, hardness, rigidity, rigor, rigorousness, severity, sternness, strictness, stringency, toughness.Translationsharsh (haːʃ) adjective1. (of people, discipline etc) very strict; cruel. That is a very harsh punishment to give a young child. 嚴厲的 严厉的2. rough and unpleasant to hear, see, taste etc. a harsh voice; harsh colours. 刺耳的, 刺眼的，刺鼻的，難入口的 不舒适的，刺耳的，刺目的 ˈharshly adverb 嚴厲地, 刺耳(眼、鼻)地，難入口的 粗糙地，刺耳地，严厉地，苛刻地 ˈharshness noun 嚴厲，刺耳(眼、鼻)，難入口 粗糙的事物，严肃，刺耳 IdiomsSeeharshHarshness
HarshnessPharaohimposed cruel burdens of labor on the Hebrews. [O.T.: Exodus 5]draconian lawsincluded severe punishments prescribed by Draco, their codifier. [Gk. Hist.: NCE, 791]harshness
Synonyms for harshnessnoun severitySynonyms- severity
- brutality
- roughness
- sternness
- hardness
noun bitternessSynonyms- bitterness
- acrimony
- ill-temper
- sourness
- asperity
- acerbity
Synonyms for harshnessnoun the fact or condition of being rigorous and unsparingSynonyms- austerity
- hardness
- rigidity
- rigor
- rigorousness
- severity
- sternness
- strictness
- stringency
- toughness
Synonyms for harshnessnoun the roughness of a substance that causes abrasionsSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the sensesSynonymsRelated Words- unpleasantness
- gruffness
- hoarseness
- huskiness
noun the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyanceSynonymsRelated Words- brutality
- ferociousness
- viciousness
- savagery
- murderousness
- malevolency
- malice
- malevolence
noun excessive sternnessSynonyms- inclemency
- rigorousness
- rigourousness
- rigour
- rigor
- severeness
- severity
- stiffness
- hardness
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