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harsh
adjective as in rough, crude (to the senses)
Strong match
Weak matches
acrid, asperous, astringent, cacophonous, caterwauling, clashing, cracked, craggy, creaking, croaking, disagreeing, discordant, dissonant, disturbing, earsplitting, flat, glaring, grating, guttural, hoarse, incompatible, jagged, jangling, jarring, noisy, not smooth, off-key, out-of-key, out-of-tune, rasping, raucous, rugged, rusty, screeching, sour, stridulous, tuneless, uneven, unlevel, unmelodious, unmusical, unrelenting
adjective as in nasty, abusive
Strongest matches
bitter, brutal, cruel, grim, hard, punitive, relentless, rude, ruthless, severe, sharp, stern, stringent, tough, unkind, unpleasant
Weak matches
austere, comfortless, cussed, discourteous, dour, gruff, hairy, hard-boiled, hard-nosed, hard-shell, mean, pitiless, uncivil, unfeeling, ungracious, unrelenting, wicked
Example Sentences
He looked sickly under the harsh studio lighting.
Recently released Palestinian prisoners say that conditions inside Israeli jails have become much harsher since the deadly Hamas-led assault on southern Israel in October 2023, which triggered the Gaza war.
And other than a harsh post-election crackdown in the capital, Libreville, in 2016, the country has enjoyed a mostly calm recent history that contrasts with the conflicts and instability that have afflicted many regional neighbours.
On the other side of the wealth divide, workers and immigrants faced harsh living conditions...Children, who weren't protected by law from physically challenging labor, had often started contributing to their households by age 10.
While both of those crimes are terrible and certainly deserving of harsh punishment, they also highlight the subjectivity of the “exceedingly rare” standard he’s using.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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