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Noun: harshness haa(r)shnus- The roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
- abrasiveness, scratchiness - The quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
- roughness - The quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
- cruelty, cruelness - Excessive sternness
"the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"
- severity, severeness, rigor [US], rigour [Brit, Cdn], rigorousness, rigourousness [Brit, non-standard], inclemency, hardness, stiffness
Derived forms: harshnesses See also: harsh Type of: malevolence, malevolency, malice, raggedness, roughness, sternness, strictness, unpleasantness Encyclopedia: Harshness |