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   harsh

   /hɑːʃ/

   adjective

   • 1. unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses: "drenched in a harsh white neon light" Similar gratingjarringgrindingraspingraspystridentraucousbrassyjanglingmetallicear-piercingdiscordantdissonantdisagreeableunharmoniouscacophonousunmelodiousscreechingshrilltinnysqueakysquawkingroughcoarsegutturalhoarsegruffcroakycroakinggrowlygrowlingrare:stridulantglaringbrightdazzlingbrilliantloudflashygarishgaudyluridboldshowycrudevulgarOpposite softdulcetsubdued
   • 2. cruel or severe: "a time of harsh military discipline" Similar cruelseveresavagebarbarousdespoticdictatorialtyrannicaltyrannousruthlessmercilesspitilessrelentlessunrelentinghardstrictintolerantilliberalhard-heartedheartlessunkindinhumaninhumaneunfeelingunsympatheticunmercifulunpityingrare:suppressiveseverestringentfirmausterepunitivedraconianstiffcruelbrutalhardsternrigidrigorousgrimuncompromisinginflexibleausteregrimspartanhardroughseverecomfortlessinhospitablestarkbleakdesolatebarrenbitterwildOpposite enlightenedkindlenientcomfortable
   • ▪ (of a climate or conditions) difficult to survive in; hostile: "the harsh environment of the desert" Similar hardseverecoldbitterbitterly coldbleakfreezingicyicy-coldarcticpolarSiberianglacialextremenastyinformal:BalticOpposite balmy
   • ▪ (of reality or a fact) grim and unpalatable: "the harsh realities of the world news"
   • ▪ having an undesirably strong effect: "she finds soap too harsh and drying" Similar abrasivestrongcausticcoarseroughbristlyhairyscratchyOpposite mildsmooth

   Word Origin Middle English: from Middle Low German harsch ‘rough’, literally ‘hairy’, from haer ‘hair’.

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    Synonyms for harshest in English. A-Z. harshest. adj. Adjective. tougher. harder. rougher. sterner. stricter. meaner. fiercer. stiffer. worst-case. lowest. worse. worst. darkest. severer. worst-ever. bad. harder on. stronger. badder. Examples. The harshest punishment a criminal can be given is to have his or her background exposed in the media.

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