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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
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Major South Korean organisations have delivered harsh criticism over the latest breach.
"It's extremely harsh," he tells the BBC, walking through his sheep empty pens.
It was a harsh assesment after such a dazzling display - which the 74,611 inside Wembley Stadium no doubt enjoyed - but could Wiegman have given more minutes to some of England's unfamiliar stars?
The harsh reality is when your friend cosigned this loan, he agreed to step in if the borrower could not or would not pay.
Portraits come in many incarnations—the rigorous realism of Holbein, the rococo elegance of Gainsborough, the harsh frankness of Lucian Freud, to name just a few.
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