harsh adj

1 unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous" [syn: rough]

2 disagreeable to the senses; "the harsh cry of a blue jay"; "harsh cognac"; "the harsh white light makes you screw up your eyes"; "harsh irritating smoke filled the hallway"

3 extremely unkind or cruel; "had harsh words"; "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"

4 severe; "a harsh penalty"

5 used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters" [syn: brutal, cruel, rigorous, unkind]

6 sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character" [syn: abrasive]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)ʃ

Adjective

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1. unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses
2. severe or cruel

Translations

Verb

1. In the context of "slang": to negatively criticize

   Quit harshing me already, I said that I was sorry!

2. In the context of "slang": to put a damper on someone's mood.

   Dude, you're harshing my buzz.

Synonyms

• rough

Derived terms

• harshly
• harshness

Translations

• Albanian: ashpër, vrazhdë
• Bengali: রুক্ষ
• Chinese: 苛刻的 (kēkè de)
• Croatian: grub , gruba , grubo
• Dutch: ruw
• Finnish: tyly (1), karkea (1), karski (1), kova (1,2), ankara (1,2), raaka (2),
• French: dur , dure
• German: (1)rauh; (2) unwirsch
• Greek: σκληρός , σκληρή , σκληρό
• Italian: (1)ruvido , ruvida , scabro , scabra ; (2) rude m|f, zotico , zotica
• Japanese: 粗い (あらい, arai)
• Korean: 가혹한 (gahokhan)
• Latin: durus , dura , durum
• Polish: szorstki , szorstka , szorstkie
• Portuguese: áspero , áspera
• Russian: жестковатый (žestkovátyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: borb, garg, cruaidh, searbh
• Spanish: áspero , áspera

Harsh may refer to:

• Harsh, Sikar, Shekhawati, Rajasthan, India
• Harsh noise, a genre of noise music
• Harsh voice, the production of speech sounds with a constricted laryngeal cavity
• Vivian G. Harsh (1890-1960), American librarian

People with the given name Harsh:

• Harsh Mahajan (21st century), Indian politician
• Harsh Mander (21st century), Indian civil rights activist
• Harsh Mankad (born 1979), Indian tennis player
• Harsh Narain (21st century), Indian author
• Harsh Wardhan (21st century), Indian flautist

See also

• Harshness

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