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Definitions for: Harshness
[n] excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
[n] the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
[n] the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
[n] harsh or rough to the ear
Webster (1913) Definition: Harsh"ness, n.
The quality or state of being harsh.
O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father 's
crabbed, And he's composed of harshness. --Shak.
'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense, The sound
must seem an echo to the sense. --Pope.
Syn: Acrimony; roughness; sternness; asperity; tartness. See
Acrimony.
Synonyms: abrasiveness, cruelness, cruelty, hardness, inclemency, rigor, rigour, scratchiness, severity, stiffness
See Also: bloodthirstiness, brutality, ferociousness, gruffness, hoarseness, huskiness, malevolence, malevolency, malice, murderousness, quality, roughness, savageness, savagery, sternness, strictness, timber, timbre, tone, viciousness
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