harshness

harsh

 (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.

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[Middle English harsk, of Scandinavian origin.]

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harsh′ly adv.

harsh′ness n.

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Harshness

 

See Also: VOICE, FIRMNESS

1. Austere … as an aging virgin —Paige Mitchell
2. Corrosive as shame —Frank Swinnerton
3. Harsh as the bitterness of death —Algernon Charles Swinburne
4. Harsh as the yelping of jackals —Gustave Flaubert
5. (I will be … ) harsh as truth —William Lloyd
6. Rough as a cob and twice as corny —American colloquialism attributed to South
7. Shrill and active like a flight of gulls —George Garrett

   See Also: ACTIVENESS

8. Shrill as a whistling teapot with a head full of steam —Anon
9. (His nerves sang a song) shriller than a dog whistle —Douglas Adams
10. Shrill [voice] like a blade turning on a whetstone —Clifford Irving
11. Spoke sternly like a ward nurse to a familiar patient —Arthur A. Cohen
12. Strident as mustard —Marge Piercy
13. Threw orders around like lashes from a cat-o’nine-tails —Maya Angelou

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	harshness - the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions abrasiveness, scratchiness raggedness, 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 senses roughness unpleasantness - 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 annoyance cruelness, cruelty brutality, ferociousness, viciousness, savagery - the trait of extreme cruelty murderousness - cruelty evidence by a capability to commit murder malevolency, 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, hardness sternness, strictness - uncompromising resolution

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harshness

noun

1. severity, brutality, roughness, sternness, hardness They treated him with extreme harshness.

2. bitterness, acrimony, ill-temper, sourness, asperity, acerbity a tone of abrupt harshness

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

harshness

noun

The fact or condition of being rigorous and unsparing:

austerity, hardness, rigidity, rigor, rigorousness, severity, sternness, strictness, stringency, toughness.

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Translations

قَسْوَه، خُشونَه

drsnost

råhedstrenghed

Härte

σκληρότητα

âcretéacrimonieacuitéâpretéaustérité

érdesség

harka

crudelt...durezzaruvidezza

råhet

acımasızlıksertlik

严肃刺耳粗糙的事物

harshness

[ˈhɑːʃnɪs] N [of climate] → rigor m, dureza f; [of conditions, words] → dureza f; [of punishment] → dureza f, severidad f; [of light] → crudeza f; [of colour] → estridencia f; [of sound, fabric] → aspereza f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

harshness

[ˈhɑː^rʃnɪs] n [treatment] → dureté f; [punishment] → sévérité f; [life, conditions] → dureté f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

harshness

n

(of winter, conditions) → Härte f; (of weather, climate, environment) → Rauheit f, → Unwirtlichkeit f

(= severity, of words, remarks, criticism) → Schärfe f; (of verdict, sentence, punishment, treatment) → Härte f; (of discipline) → Strenge f

(= roughness, of sound, voice, wool, fabric) → Rauheit f; (of breathing) → rasselnde Art; (of cleaner, detergent) → Schärfe f; (of taste, wine, whisky) → Herbheit f; (of light, colours) → Grelle f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

harshness

[ˈhɑːʃnɪs] n

a. (of punishment, person) → durezza; (of weather) → inclemenza; (of taste) → asprezza; (of cloth) → ruvidezza

b. (of voice) → sgradevolezza; (of colour) → chiassosità; (of light) → intensità; (of contrast) → violenza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

harsh

(haːʃ) adjective

1. (of people, discipline etc) very strict; cruel. That is a very harsh punishment to give a young child. straf, streng قاسٍ суров duro krutý hart hård; streng σκληρός severo, duro; cruel karm سخت گير kova sévèreחמור निष्ठुर krut, strog szigorú kejam strangur, harður severo きびしい 무자비한 griežtas, žiaurus bargs keras wreedstreng, rå, hard, brutalsurowy زيږ، سخت ، بې رحمه ، ځېړ، بدورګى ، شديد duro sever суровый krutý oster surov hård, sträng หยาบ sert, acımasız 嚴厲的 жорстокий, суворий درشت ، سخت nghiêm khắc; lỗ mãng 严厉的

2. rough and unpleasant to hear, see, taste etc. a harsh voice; harsh colours. onaangenaam, skel خَشِن، أجَش груб desagradável drsný; ostrý; skřípavý; tvrdý rauh, grell hård τραχύςáspero kalk زننده raaka dur, âpre, stridentלא נעים रूखा, कर्कश oštar, hrapav (glas), drecav (boja) érdes keras skerandi; óþægilegur aspro, sgradevole 不快な 거친, 귀에 거슬리는 aštrus skarbs; griezīgs garau; garang bars, hard, wreedrå, grov, skarp, harsk chrapliwy, ostry زيږ desagradável aspru; strident резкий ostrý; krikľavý hreščeč, kričeč, zoprn drečav skärande, sträv, skarp แสบ (แก้วหู) kaba, sert 刺耳的, 刺眼的，刺鼻的，難入口的 неприємний ناخوشگوار khó nghe; chói mắt 不舒适的，刺耳的，刺目的

ˈharshly adverb

hard, skel بِقَسْوَه، بِخُشونَه сурово duramente tvrdě hart hårdt τραχιά, σκληρά, απότομα severamente, duramente; ásperamente kalgilt سخت گيرانه raa'asti durement בְּחוּמרָה कर्कशतापूर्वक oporo, oštro, kruto érdesen dengan keras hörkulega aspramente きびしく 엄하게 aštriai, griežtai bargi; skarbi; griezīgi dengan kasar bars, hard, wreedstrengt, rått, skarpt szorstko په ځيړ والى ،په شدت duramente cu asprime сурово prenikavo rezko surovo hårt อย่างเกรี้ยวกราด sert bir şekilde 嚴厲地, 刺耳(眼、鼻)地，難入口的 суворо; різко سختی سے cay nghiệt; 粗糙地，刺耳地，严厉地，苛刻地

ˈharshness noun

hardheid, skelheid قَسْوَه، خُشونَه суровост aspereza drsnost die Härte råhed; strenghed τραχύτητα, σκληρότητα severidad, dureza; aspereza kalkus تندی raakuus dureté חוּמרָה कर्कशता oporost, oštrina, hrapavost érdesség kekerasan harka asprezza きびしさ 엄격함 aštrumas, griežtumas bargums; skarbums; griezīgums kekasaran hardheid, wreedheidstrenghet, råhet, grovhet szorstkość ځيږوالى ، شدت aspereza asprime суровость ostrosť rezkost surovost hårdhet, stränghet ความเกรี้ยวกราด sertlik, acımasızlık 嚴厲，刺耳(眼、鼻)，難入口 суворість; різкість درشتی tính thô ráp; tính lỗ mãng 粗糙的事物，严肃，刺耳

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