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harsh
[hahrsh]
adjective
ungentle 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.
Synonyms: roughunpleasant 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.
harsh
/ hɑːʃ /
adjective
rough or grating to the senses
stern, severe, or cruel
verb
slang, (tr) to cause (a state of elation) to be diminished or ended (esp in the phrases harsh someone's mellow and harsh someone's buzz )
Other Word Forms
- harshly adverb
- harshness noun
- overharsh adjective
- overharshly adverb
- overharshness noun
- unharsh adjective
- unharshly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of harsh1
Word History and Origins
Origin of harsh1
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Example Sentences
But Mr Barrera added that images of harsh immigration enforcement raids across the US "upset a lot of people" and have caused friction.
In a new study, first author Palash Kumawat from the University of Bremen's Geosciences Department and his team investigated how microbes manage to survive in one of the planet's harshest underwater environments.
Rhee believes it is time to look beyond these familiar plants and study species that have evolved to endure the world's harshest environments.
That statement from British light-middleweight Ishmael Davis might appear blunt at face value, but his harsh view on life was developed through some difficult formative years.
But they also expose the harshest of realities of this war and its true cost.
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