harshness

harsh  (härsh)

adj. harsh·er, harsh·est

1. Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch. See Synonyms at rough.

2. Disagreeable to the senses, especially to the sense of hearing.

3. Severe, cruel, or exacting: harsh punishment; a harsh overseer.

4. Unpleasant or uncomfortable: a harsh wilderness.

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[Middle English harsk, of Scandinavian origin.]

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harshly adv.

harshness n.

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

Translations

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

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

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

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

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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