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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.
3.
physically uncomfortable; desolate; stark: a harsh land.
4.
unpleasant to the ear; grating; strident: a harsh voice; a harsh sound.
5.
EXPANDunpleasantly rough, ragged, or coarse to the touch: a harsh surface.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English harsk; cognate with German harsch, Danish harsk rancid
1250–1300; Middle English harsk; cognate with German harsch, Danish harsk rancid
Related forms
harsh·ly, adverb
harsh·ness, noun
o·ver·harsh, adjective
o·ver·harsh·ly, adverb
o·ver·harsh·ness, noun
EXPANDSynonyms
2. brusque, hard, unfeeling, unkind, brutal, acrimonious, bad-tempered. See stern1. 3. rough. 4. discordant, dissonant, unharmonious. 6. unesthetic.
2. brusque, hard, unfeeling, unkind, brutal, acrimonious, bad-tempered. See stern1. 3. rough. 4. discordant, dissonant, unharmonious. 6. unesthetic.
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Example Sentences
- In retrospect, even he had to admit some of these quotes were harsh, though he rarely admitted they were wrong.
- The six famous bridges date back as early as 1871, and were covered to preserve their wooden timbers from Iowa's harsh winters.
- They did manage to survive, though, but it was harsh.
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Word Origin & History
harsh
originally of texture, "hairy," 1533, probably from harske "rough, coarse, sour" (c.1300), a northern word of Scand. origin (cf. Dan. and Norw. harsk "rancid, rank"), related to M.L.G. harsch "rough, raw," probably from PIE base *qars- "to scrape, scratch, rub" (cf. Lith. karsiu "to comb," O.C.S. krasta,
EXPANDRus. korosta "to itch," L. carduus "thistle," Skt. kasati "rubs, scratches").
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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