Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality or condition of being harsh.
  • noun Synonyms Asperity, etc. (see acrimony); austerity, churlishness, rigor, roughness, bluntness, hardness, sternness, cruelty, rudeness; discordance, dissonance.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being harsh.

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  • noun The quality of being harsh.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun excessive sternness
  • noun the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
  • noun the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
  • noun the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

Etymologies

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harsh +-ness

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Examples

  • And for the future, he declares, the harshness is again inevitable: though the writer admits that social progress (including of course female suffrage, which he does not mention) is largely due to peace.

    Militarism versus Feminism: An Enquiry and a Policy Demonstrating that Militarism involves the Subjection of Women Charles Kay 1915

  • I've done the same with Ambassador John Bolton frequently -- but beyond just reading his remarks, I try to listen to Bolton who despite some of his harshness is occasionally being flippant, or humorous, or answering complex questions in a roundabout way -- and that is what I feel Levy did in this case.

    Steve Clemons: Conspiracism American Style: The Daniel Levy Debate Steve Clemons 2010

  • I've done the same with Ambassador John Bolton frequently -- but beyond just reading his remarks, I try to listen to Bolton who despite some of his harshness is occasionally being flippant, or humorous, or answering complex questions in a roundabout way -- and that is what I feel Levy did in this case.

    Steve Clemons: Conspiracism American Style: The Daniel Levy Debate Steve Clemons 2010

  • I've done the same with Ambassador John Bolton frequently -- but beyond just reading his remarks, I try to listen to Bolton who despite some of his harshness is occasionally being flippant, or humorous, or answering complex questions in a roundabout way -- and that is what I feel Levy did in this case.

    Steve Clemons: Conspiracism American Style: The Daniel Levy Debate Steve Clemons 2010

  • I think the real cause of this online harshness is BECAUSE it is anonymous.

    My opinion on the whole Blizzard Real ID issue nathreee 2010

  • I've done the same with Ambassador John Bolton frequently -- but beyond just reading his remarks, I try to listen to Bolton who despite some of his harshness is occasionally being flippant, or humorous, or answering complex questions in a roundabout way -- and that is what I feel Levy did in this case.

    Steve Clemons: Conspiracism American Style: The Daniel Levy Debate Steve Clemons 2010

  • I've done the same with Ambassador John Bolton frequently -- but beyond just reading his remarks, I try to listen to Bolton who despite some of his harshness is occasionally being flippant, or humorous, or answering complex questions in a roundabout way -- and that is what I feel Levy did in this case.

    Steve Clemons: Conspiracism American Style: The Daniel Levy Debate Steve Clemons 2010

  • I've done the same with Ambassador John Bolton frequently -- but beyond just reading his remarks, I try to listen to Bolton who despite some of his harshness is occasionally being flippant, or humorous, or answering complex questions in a roundabout way -- and that is what I feel Levy did in this case.

    Steve Clemons: Conspiracism American Style: The Daniel Levy Debate Steve Clemons 2010

  • I've done the same with Ambassador John Bolton frequently -- but beyond just reading his remarks, I try to listen to Bolton who despite some of his harshness is occasionally being flippant, or humorous, or answering complex questions in a roundabout way -- and that is what I feel Levy did in this case.

    Steve Clemons: Conspiracism American Style: The Daniel Levy Debate Steve Clemons 2010

  • Such harshness is a curious contrast with the leniency which advised the creditor to remit debts by way of alms.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

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