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Harsh
hɑːʃ
Harsh definitions
adjective
harsh
harsher
harshest
- unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses
"drenched in a harsh white neon light"
- cruel or severe
"a time of harsh military discipline"
cruel severe savage barbarous despotic dictatorial tyrannical tyrannous ruthless merciless pitiless relentless unrelenting hard strict intolerant illiberal severe stringent firm austere punitive draconian stiff cruel brutal hard stern rigid rigorous grim uncompromising inflexible austere grim spartan hard rough severe comfortless inhospitable stark- (of a climate or conditions) difficult to survive in; hostile
"the harsh environment of the desert"
- (of reality or a fact) grim and unpalatable
"the harsh realities of the world news"
- having an undesirably strong effect
"she finds soap too harsh and drying"