harsh

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Adj

1. Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
2. Severe or cruel.

Verb

1. (slang) To negatively criticize.
2. (slang) To put a damper on (a mood).

Hevwate

rough

severe

hard

cruel

stern

strict

rude

coarse

gruff

tough

brutal

sharp

unkind

violent

rigorous

unpleasant

crude

austere

stiff

grating

merciless

sour

ruthless

astringent

bad

👎

rugged

pitiless

unfeeling

disagreeable

bitter

surly

savage

discordant

acute

dour

stark

intense

iron

strident

sullen

loud

brusque

abrasive

raw

rigid

blunt

fierce

nasty

uncompassionate

heavy

oppressive

snappy

unsympathetic

acrid

smart

grim

shrill

vulgar

ragged

inclement

raucous

heartless

acrimonious

scathing

hoarse

keen

inhospitable

piercing

scabrous

dismal

unrefined

poignant

curt

desolate

unworked

unwrought

implacable

hard-hearted

ascetic

tart

deep

pungent

haughty

inconsiderate

boorish

difficult

strong

barbarian

ferocious

stringent

wild

of a harsh temper

flat

adverse

be hoarse

barbarous

big

uncouth

heavy-handed

cross

stinging

bleak

callous

abrupt

caustic

acid

insensate

seamy

searing

severity

short

short-tempered

shrewd

slashing

snappish

snoring

somber

sourness

spicy

spiteful

steely

sternly

stodgy

stone

🪨

strained

swingeing

tall

terrible

thorny

throaty

tiresome

trenchant

troublesome

truculent

tweedy

uncharitable

uncivil

uneven

unfair

unforgiving

unfriendly

ungallant

ungraceful

uninhabitable

unkindly

unmerciful

unpleasing

unrelenting

unsparing

unyielding

upset

venomous

vicious

vitriolic

waspish

wheeze

wicked

wiry

nubbly

setose

unpolished rice

unmalleable

very severe

blood-and-guts

evil-spirited

aurtere

ball-breaker

ball-buster

violent strong

nonindulgent

slubbed

unsupportive

bloodandguts

coarse in texture

able

lacking smoothness

acerb

acerbic

acidulous

aggressive

agrarian

angry

😠

arrogant

athletic

atrocious

barbaric

bare

barren

base

be angry

beardown

bestial

biting

black

blistering

boring

bothersome

bristly

bruising

cantankerous

childless

concentrated

cordial

corrosion

corrosive

cruelty

demanding

dissonant

distasteful

dreary

dry

evil

exacting

exquisite

feral

flint

forced

forceful

garish

gaudy

gaunt

gloomy

gnarled

gnarly

grainy

grate

gravelly

gritty

hardcore

hard-core

harshly

heartbreaking

homespun

horrible

hot

🥵

impolite

inclinable

indecent

indifferent

inexorable

inhuman

inhumane

inimical

intemperate

ironic

irritable

jarring

lupin

lupine

lurid

mighty

miserable

morose

nature

nubby

orotund

painful

particular

peevish

pettish

petulant

pointed

potent

powerful

puckery

puissant

racy

raging

rasping

red-blooded

rigor

rigour

robust

round

ruffianly

rural

rustic

sad

☹️

salty

sassy

scraggly

screechy

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/hɑɹʃ/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: harsk

Hevwate bi danmarkî: harsk

Hevwate bi norwecî: hersk

Hevwate bi swêdî: härsk

Hevwate bi almanî: harsch

In summary

From Middle English harsk, harisk(e), hask(e), herris. Century derived the term from Old Norse harskr (whence Danish harsk (“rancid”), dialectal Norwegian hersk, Swedish härsk); the Middle English Dictionary derives it from that and Middle Low German harsch (“rough”, literally “hairy”) (whence also German harsch), from haer (“hair”), from Old Saxon hār, from Proto-West Germanic *hār; the Oxford Dictionary of English derives it from Middle Low German alone.