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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.
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; ME harsk; c. G harsch, Dan harsk rancid


harshly, adverb
harshness, noun


2. brusque, hard, unfeeling, unkind, brutal, acrimonious, bad-tempered. See stern 1 . 3. rough. 4. discordant, dissonant, unharmonious. 6. unesthetic.
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.

[Middle English harsk, of Scandinavian origin.]
harsh'ly adv., harsh'ness n.

Harshly

Harsh"ly\, adv. In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.

'T will sound harshly in her ears. --Shak.
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