harsh
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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.
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.
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
Synonyms
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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harsh (hɑːʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | rough or grating to the senses |
| 2. | stern, severe, or cruel |
| —vb | |
| 3. | 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) |
| [C16: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Middle Low German harsch, Norwegian harsk rancid] | |
| 'harshly | |
| —adv | |
| 'harshness | |
| —n | |
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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,
Rus. korosta "to itch," L. carduus "thistle," Skt. kasati "rubs, scratches").
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Slang Dictionary
harsh definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Despite harsh, semi-arid conditions, native wildlife has adapted to the environmental constraints present in the region.
Winter storms were actually predicted to be more harsh, not milder.
Robustas, hardy but a bit harsh, usually end up in soluble form.
The harsh reality is that coal represents a short-term solution.
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