harsh
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harsh — [ha:ʃ US ha:rʃ] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(conditions)¦ 2¦(treatment/criticism)¦ 3¦(sound)¦ 4¦(light/colour)¦ 5¦(lines/shapes etc)¦ 6¦(cleaning substance)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) ¦(CONDITIONS)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
harsh — [ harʃ ] adjective ** ▸ 1 difficult to live in ▸ 2 about actions/words ▸ 3 facts: unpleasant & true ▸ 4 about sounds/lights etc. ▸ 5 substances: damaging 1. ) harsh conditions or places are unpleasant and difficult to live in: the harsh… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Harsh — Orígenes musicales Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock Alternativo Noise Rock Orígenes culturales A mediados de la década de 2000 en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Instrumentos comunes … Wikipedia Español
harsh´ly — harsh «hahrsh», adjective. 1. unpleasantly rough to the touch: »a harsh towel, fruit with a harsh rind. SYNONYM(S): rugged. 2. unpleasantly rough to the taste; astringent: »a harsh flavor. SYNONYM(S): acrid, sour, sharp … Useful english dictionary
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 librarianPeople with the… … Wikipedia
Harsh — (h[aum]rsh), a. [Compar. {Harsher} (h[aum]rsh [ e]r); superl. {Harshest}.] [OE. harsk; akin to G. harsch, Dan. harsk rancid, Sw. h[ a]rsk; from the same source as E. hard. See {Hard}, a.] 1. Rough; disagreeable; grating; esp.: (a) disagreeable to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
harsh — [härsh] adj. [ME harsk, akin to Ger harsch, rough, raw < IE base * kars, to scratch, comb > L carduus, thistle, carrere, to card (wool)] 1. unpleasantly sharp or rough; specif., a) grating to the ear; discordant b) too bright or vivid to… … English World dictionary
harsh — harsh·en; harsh·ly; harsh·ness; harsh; … English syllables
harsh — I adjective acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, ascetic, astringent, austere, biting, bitter, brusque, brutal, burning, caustic, corrosive, crude, cruel, despiteful, discordant, disrespectful, draconian, drastic, excessive, extreme, feral,… … Law dictionary
harsh|en — «HAHR shuhn», transitive verb. to make harsh. –v.i. to become harsh: »Her voice never weakened, never harshened (Eudora Welty) … Useful english dictionary
harsh — [adj1] rough, crude (to the senses) acrid, asperous, astringent, bitter, bleak, cacophonous, caterwauling, clashing, coarse, cracked, craggy, creaking, croaking, disagreeing, discordant, dissonant, disturbing, earsplitting, flat, glaring, grating … New thesaurus
