harsh

harsh: harsh [ha:ʃ US ha:rʃ] adj

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1¦(conditions)¦

2¦(treatment/criticism)¦

3¦(sound)¦

4¦(light/colour)¦

5¦(lines/shapes etc)¦

6¦(cleaning substance)¦

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[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language]

1.) ¦(CONDITIONS)¦

harsh conditions are difficult to live in and very uncomfortable

= ↑severe

▪ The hostages are being held in extremely harsh conditions .

harsh winter/weather/climate

▪ the harsh Canadian winters

▪ a vulnerable young girl suddenly exposed to the harsh realities of life

2.) ¦(TREATMENT/CRITICISM)¦

severe, cruel, or unkind

harsh criticism/treatment/punishment etc

▪ His theory met with harsh criticism from colleagues.

▪ the harsh measures taken against the protestors

▪ 'She's an idiot!' 'Aren't you being a bit harsh?'

▪ a harsh, authoritarian regime

▪ He had harsh words (=severe criticism) for the Government.

3.) ¦(SOUND)¦

unpleasantly loud and rough

≠ ↑soft

harsh voice/laugh/tone etc

▪ His voice was harsh and menacing.

4.) ¦(LIGHT/COLOUR)¦

unpleasantly bright

≠ ↑soft

▪ She stood outside, blinking in the harsh sunlight.

5.) ¦(LINES/SHAPES ETC)¦

ugly and unpleasant to look at

▪ the harsh outline of the factories against the sky

6.) ¦(CLEANING SUBSTANCE)¦

too strong and likely to damage the thing you are cleaning

▪ My skin is quite sensitive and I find some soaps too harsh.

>harshly adv

▪ 'Shut up,' Boris said harshly.

>harshness n [U]

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Synonyms:

Rough / Sour, acrid, tart, crabbed, hard, biting, sharp, caustic, corrosive / Grating, discordant, jarring / Crabbed, morose, stern, severe, austere, acrimonious, ill-tempered, hard, ill-natured, sour, unkind, unfeeling / Rude, uncivil, bluff, blunt, gruff, ungracious, churlish, bearish, brutal

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harsh — [ harʃ ] adjective ** ▸ 1 difficult to live in ▸ 2 about actions/words ▸ 3 facts: unpleasant & true ▸ 4 about sounds/lights etc. ▸ 5 substances: damaging 1. ) harsh conditions or places are unpleasant and difficult to live in: the harsh… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Harsh — Orígenes musicales Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock Alternativo Noise Rock Orígenes culturales A mediados de la década de 2000 en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Instrumentos comunes … Wikipedia Español
harsh´ly — harsh «hahrsh», adjective. 1. unpleasantly rough to the touch: »a harsh towel, fruit with a harsh rind. SYNONYM(S): rugged. 2. unpleasantly rough to the taste; astringent: »a harsh flavor. SYNONYM(S): acrid, sour, sharp … Useful english dictionary
Harsh — may refer to:* Harsh, Sikar, Shekhawati, Rajasthan, India * Harsh noise, a genre of noise music * Harsh voice, the production of speech sounds with a constricted laryngeal cavity * Vivian G. Harsh (1890 1960), American librarianPeople with the… … Wikipedia
Harsh — (h[aum]rsh), a. [Compar. {Harsher} (h[aum]rsh [ e]r); superl. {Harshest}.] [OE. harsk; akin to G. harsch, Dan. harsk rancid, Sw. h[ a]rsk; from the same source as E. hard. See {Hard}, a.] 1. Rough; disagreeable; grating; esp.: (a) disagreeable to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
harsh — [härsh] adj. [ME harsk, akin to Ger harsch, rough, raw < IE base * kars, to scratch, comb > L carduus, thistle, carrere, to card (wool)] 1. unpleasantly sharp or rough; specif., a) grating to the ear; discordant b) too bright or vivid to… … English World dictionary
harsh — harsh·en; harsh·ly; harsh·ness; harsh; … English syllables
harsh — I adjective acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, ascetic, astringent, austere, biting, bitter, brusque, brutal, burning, caustic, corrosive, crude, cruel, despiteful, discordant, disrespectful, draconian, drastic, excessive, extreme, feral,… … Law dictionary
harsh|en — «HAHR shuhn», transitive verb. to make harsh. –v.i. to become harsh: »Her voice never weakened, never harshened (Eudora Welty) … Useful english dictionary
harsh — [adj1] rough, crude (to the senses) acrid, asperous, astringent, bitter, bleak, cacophonous, caterwauling, clashing, coarse, cracked, craggy, creaking, croaking, disagreeing, discordant, dissonant, disturbing, earsplitting, flat, glaring, grating … New thesaurus

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