harsh
Meaning
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- Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
- Severe or cruel.
Synonyms
poignant
of a harsh temper
be hoarse
trenchant
unpolished rice
very severe
evil-spirited
aurtere
violent strong
bloodandguts
coarse in texture
lacking smoothness
be angry
beardown
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/hɑɹʃ/
Etymology
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.
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