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Harshness

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Noun

1. abrasiveness, harshness, scratchiness

the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions

2. harshness, roughness

the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses

3. cruelness, cruelty, harshness

the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

4. hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness

excessive sternness

Example Sentences:
'severity of character'
'the harshness of his punishment was inhuman'
'the rigors of boot camp'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Harshness

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adjective
1. 
rough or grating to the senses
2. 
stern, severe, or cruel
verb
3. (transitive) slang
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. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Harshness

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adjective
1. 
unpleasantly sharp or rough
; specif.,
a. 
grating to the ear; discordant
b. 
too bright or vivid to the eye; glaring
c. 
too strong to the taste; bitter
d. 
not smooth to the touch; coarse
2. 
unpleasantly crude, abrupt, or strained so as to be offensive to the mind or feelings
the harsh realities of death
3. 
rough, crude, or forbidding in appearance
beneath his harsh exterior
4. 
excessively severe; cruel or unfeeling
a harsh punishment
5. 
oppressive, inhospitable, inclement, etc.
a harsh climate

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Harshness

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adj. harsh·er, harsh·est
1. Disagreeable to one of the senses, as:
a. Disagreeable to the sense of hearing: a harsh voice.
b. Disagreeable to the sense of sight: harsh lighting.
c. Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch: harsh burlap.
2. Unpleasant, uncomfortable, or hostile to survival: a harsh wilderness; a harsh winter.
3. Severe, cruel, or exacting: harsh punishment; a harsh overseer.
4. Disagreeable to the mind or feelings: harsh words.
5. Expressing displeasure or disapproval: gave me a harsh look.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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