Definition of harsh

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Harsh (a.) Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.

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Soft :: Soft (superl.) Not rough, rugged, or harsh to the touch; smooth; delicate; fine; as, soft silk; a soft skin..
Grisly :: Grisly (a.) Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter..
Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach..
Tone :: Tone (n.) Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone..
Relent :: Relent (v. i.) To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, cruel, or the like; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion..
Liquid :: Liquid (a.) Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
Jar :: "Jar (n.) A rattling, tremulous vibration or shock; a shake; a harsh sound; a discord; as, the jar of a train; the jar of harsh sounds..
Caterwauling :: Caterwauling (n.) The cry of cats; a harsh, disagreeable noise or cry like the cry of cats..
Tetrical :: Tetrical (a.) Forward; perverse; harsh; sour; rugged.
Inveigh :: Inveigh (v. i.) To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse..
Asperity :: Asperity (n.) Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.
Crash :: Crash (v. i.) To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise..
Hoarsely :: Hoarsely (adv.) With a harsh, grating sound or voice..
Persimmon :: Persimmon (n.) An American tree (Diospyros Virginiana) and its fruit, found from New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in appearance, but is very harsh and astringent until it has been exposed to frost, when it becomes palatable and nutritious..
Sleek :: Sleek (superl.) Not rough or harsh.
Reject :: Reject (v. t.) To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
Jargle :: Jargle (v. i.) To emit a harsh or discordant sound.
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..
Durity :: Durity (n.) Harshness; cruelty.
Harsh :: Harsh (a.) Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony..
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