harsh
adj.
rough, coarse; unpleasant (to taste, hear or see); cruel
v.
criticize in a negative manner
harsh
Adjective
1. unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
(synonym) rough
(similar) unpleasant
2. disagreeable to the senses; "the harsh cry of a blue jay"; "harsh cognac"; "the harsh white light makes you screw up your eyes"; "harsh irritating smoke filled the hallway"
(similar) unpleasant
3. extremely unkind or cruel; "had harsh words"; "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"
(similar) unkind
4. severe; "a harsh penalty"
(similar) heavy
5. used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters"
(synonym) brutal, cruel, rigorous, unkind
(similar) hard
6. sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character"
(synonym) abrasive
(similar) disagreeable
Harsh
(a.)
Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.
(a.)
Rough; disagreeable; grating
(a.)
Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony.
(a.)
disagreeable to the touch.
(a.)
disagreeable to the taste.
(a.)
disagreeable to the ear.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
harsh
adj.
1. rough
کھردرا, کھرکھرا, سخت, کريہ, تلخ, کھٹا,بدمزہ, درشت, کرخت
2. unpleasant
ناگوار, گراں, دشوار, بھاري, شاق, کڑا, ان گھڑ, ناتراشيدہ, بد مزاج, ناپسنديدہ
3.
بے رحم, سنگدل, سخت دل, بے رحمانہ
harsh
Synonyms and related words:
Doric, Draconian, Spartan, Spartanic, abrupt, absonant, abusive, acerb, acerbic, acid, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acute, afflictive, aggressive, agonizing, ajar, amaroidal, asperous, astringent, atonal, atrocious, austere, authoritarian, barbaric, barbarous, bearish, beastly, bilious, biting, bitter, bitter as gall, blaring, bleak, bluff, blunt, blurred, bowelless, brash, brassy, brazen, breathy, bristly, brusque, brutal, brutish, burdensome, burning, cacophonous, caustic, cavalier, choked, choking, choleric, churlish, clashing, clumsy, coarse, colliding, comfortless, conflicting, confused, corrugated, cracked, cragged, craggy, cramping, crinkled, croaking, croaky, cross, crude, cruel, crumpled, crusty, curt, cutting, demanding, diaphonic, disagreeable, discomforting, disconsonant, discordant, discourteous, disharmonic, disharmonious, dissonant, distressing, dog-eat-dog, doggerel, double-edged, dour, drawling, drawly, dry, dysphemistic, dysphonic, ear-piercing, edged, escharotic, exacting, excruciating, exhausting, exigent, fierce, flat, flinty, gnawing, graceless, granular, grating, grave, gravelly, grim, grinding, griping, gross, grouchy, gruff, guttural, hairy, hard, harrowing, harsh-sounding, hawking, heartless, heavy, hoarse, hurtful, hurting, husky, immelodious, impolite, improper, impure, in bad taste, inarticulate, incisive, inclement, inconcinnate, inconcinnous, incongruous, incorrect, indecorous, indistinct, inelegant, inexorable, infelicitous, inharmonic, inharmonious, inhuman, intemperate, irascible, ironbound, irritating, jagged, jaggy, jangling, jangly, jarring, jostling, keen, lisping, loose, low, merciless, metallic, meticulous, mispronounced, mordacious, mordant, musicless, muzzy, nasal, nasty, nonmelodious, nose-tickling, off, off-color, off-key, off-tone, onerous, oppressive, out of pitch, out of tone, out of tune, outlandish, overburdensome, painful, paroxysmal, peevish, penetrating, petulant, piercing, piquant, pitiless, poignant, pungent, punishing, punitive, quavering, racking, ragged, rasping, raucid, raucous, relentless, remorseless, rigorous, rockbound, rocky, rough, roupy, rude, rugged, rugose, rugous, rusty, ruthless, sarcastic, saw-toothed, sawtooth, scabrous, scathing, scragged, scraggly, scraggy, scraping, scratchy, serrate, serrated, severe, shaggy, shaking, shaky, sharp, shooting, short, short-tempered, shrill, snagged, snaggled, snaggy, snippy, snuffling, sour, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, splenetic, squawking, squawky, squeaky, stabbing, stark, stern, stertorous, stifled, stinging, stony, strangled, strict, strident, stridulous, stringent, stubbly, sullen, surly, tangy, tart, tasteless, thick, throaty, tinny, tormenting, torturous, tough, tremulous, trenchant, truculent, tuneless, twangy, tyrannical, tyrannous, uncivil, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, uncourtly, uncouth, undignified, uneuphonious, uneven, unfeeling, unfelicitous, unforgiving, unfriendly, ungentle, ungraceful, unharmonious, unkind, unlevel, unmelodious, unmerciful, unmusical, unpitiful, unpitying, unpleasant, unpolished, unrefined, unremorseful, unseemly, unsmooth, unsparing, unsympathetic, unsympathizing, untunable, untuned, untuneful, unyielding, vehement, velar, violent, virulent, vitriolic, vulgar, warring, waspish, wearing, wearying, weighty, without mercy, wrinkled
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.