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Austerity :: Austerity (n.) Sourness and harshness to the taste.

Raucity :: Raucity (n.) Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, the raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice..

Wolf :: Wolf (a.) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale..

Durity :: Durity (n.) Harshness; cruelty.

Acerbity :: Acerbity (n.) Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain..

Soft :: Soft (adv.) Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.

Hoarseness :: Hoarseness (n.) Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords..

Asperity :: Asperity (n.) Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.

Liquid :: Liquid (a.) Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and r are liquid letters..

Severity :: Severity (n.) Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war..

Asperity :: Asperity (n.) Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.

Huskiness :: Huskiness (n.) Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice..

Harshness :: Harshness (n.) The quality or state of being harsh.

Austereness :: Austereness (n.) Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.

Inclemency :: Inclemency (n.) Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow..

Mollify :: Mollify (v. t.) To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground..

Smooth :: Smooth (a.) To free from harshness; to make flowing.

Stridor :: Strident (a.) Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.

Severity :: Severity (n.) Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties..

Acerbitude :: Acerbitude (n.) Sourness and harshness.

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