| harsh | (adjective) of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles | Synonyms: coarse |
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| (adjective) sharply disagreeable; rigorous | Synonyms: abrasive |
| (adjective) severe | - |
| (adjective) unkind or cruel or uncivil | Synonyms: rough |
| (adjective) unpleasantly stern | Synonyms: rough |
| (adjective) unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses | - |
| harshen | (verb) make harsh or harsher | - |
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| harshly | (adverb) in a harsh and grating manner | Synonyms: gratingly, raspingly |
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| (adverb) in a harsh or unkind manner | - |
| harshness | (noun) the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses | Synonyms: roughness |
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| (noun) excessive sternness | Synonyms: hardness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness |
| (noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions | Synonyms: abrasiveness, scratchiness |
| (noun) the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance | Synonyms: cruelness, cruelty |