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harsh

[ hahrsh ]

adjective

  1. ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect:

    harsh treatment; harsh manners.

  2. grim or unpleasantly severe; stern; cruel; austere:

    a harsh life; a harsh master.

    Synonyms: , , , , , ,

  3. physically uncomfortable; desolate; stark:

    a harsh land.

    Synonyms:

  4. unpleasant to the ear; grating; strident:

    a harsh voice; a harsh sound.

    Synonyms: , ,

  5. unpleasantly rough, ragged, or coarse to the touch:

    a harsh surface.

  6. jarring to the eye or to the esthetic sense; unrefined; crude; raw:

    harsh colors.

  7. unpleasant to the taste or sense of smell; bitter; acrid:

    a harsh flavor; a harsh odor.



harsh

/ ɑːʃ /

adjective

  1. rough or grating to the senses
  2. stern, severe, or cruel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. 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 )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ󲹰, adverb
  • ˈ󲹰Ա, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • 󲹰l adverb
  • 󲹰n noun
  • v·󲹰 adjective
  • over·󲹰l adverb
  • over·󲹰n noun
  • ܲ·󲹰 adjective
  • un·󲹰l adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of harsh1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English harsk; cognate with German harsch, Danish harsk “rԳ”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of harsh1

C16: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Middle Low German harsch, Norwegian harsk rancid
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Synonym Study

See stern 1.
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Example Sentences

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