Definition of harsh

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Harsh (a.) disagreeable to the ear.

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Wolf :: Wolf (a.) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale..
Bray :: Bray (v. t.) To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound..
Dissonant :: Dissonant (a.) Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious.
Overrigorous :: Overrigorous (a.) Too rigorous; harsh.
Crab :: Crab (a.) A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste.
Sound :: Sound (v. i.) To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention..
Roughly :: Roughly (adv.) In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.
Halsening :: Halsening (a.) Sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious; rough.
Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality..
Sleek :: Sleek (superl.) Not rough or harsh.
Mitigation :: Mitigation (n.) The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty..
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Not harsh or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of music..
Harsh :: Harsh (a.) Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.
Screech :: Screech (n.) A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream..
Shredcook :: Shredcook (n.) The fieldfare; -- so called from its harsh cry before rain.
Jargon :: "Jargon (v. i.) To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner..
District :: District (a.) Rigorous; stringent; harsh.
Crude :: Crude (superl.) Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work of art..
Jangle :: "Jangle (v. i.) To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune..
Stern :: Stern (superl.) Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree..
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