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Harsh

//hɑɹʃ//

Synonyms for "harsh" (369 found)

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Informal (53)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

flat heavy cruel

Adj, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

cross

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(8 words)

low hard sharp rough stiff full wild bitter

Adj, adv, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

short

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

loose

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(10 words)

gross keen savage cutting bluff blunt grim tart brash cavalier

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

tough

Adj, adv, name, slang(1 words)

strong

Adj, adv, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

off

Adj, adv, det, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

thick

Adj, adv, verb, slang(1 words)

tight

Adj, name, noun, phrase, verb, slang(1 words)

dry

Adj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

acute grinding

Adj, slang(5 words)

rude hairy painful scratchy ungraceful

Adj, noun, slang(6 words)

acid brassy caustic crusty clumsy ear-piercing

Adj, name, noun, slang(4 words)

nasty rusty husky muzzy

Adj, adv, slang(2 words)

fierce beastly

Adj, name, slang(2 words)

rocky stony

Adj, verb, slang(1 words)

cracked

Adj, adv, name, noun, slang(1 words)

loud

General use (316)

Adjective(3 words)

rough coarse abrasive

Verb(3 words)

rough strangled snaggled

Adj, name, noun, verb(4 words)

grave stern warring wearing

Adj, noun, verb(29 words)

burning sour piercing violent grating shooting sullen clashing abrupt biting forbidding glaring jarring stinging mordant gruff rasping shrill scorching domineering

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gnawing harrowing stabbing punishing quavering tormenting hoarse agonizing racking

Adj, adv, noun(2 words)

extreme unfriendly

Adj, name(3 words)

severe gaunt doric

Adj, verb(37 words)

confused improper brazen rugged ragged uneven penetrating unrefined impure exacting jagged intemperate distressing conflicting wrinkled demanding blurred corrugated serrate irritating

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choked stifled unflattering crumpled exhausting scathing edged swingeing serrated unforgiving unsmooth undignified mispronounced discomforting crinkled unlevel snagged

Adjective(163 words)

coarse atrocious brutal rigorous weighty intense shaky bossy unyielding relentless barbaric strict heartless barbarous poignant austere piquant meticulous unfeeling virulent

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oppressive pungent incongruous unpolished indistinct tasteless uncouth incisive abusive vehement trenchant truculent petulant unsympathetic flinty inexorable infelicitous throaty dissonant noisy graceless inharmonious inclement churlish garish acrid inelegant ruthless irascible inhuman indecorous uncomfortable hurtful tremulous raucous injurious twangy scraggy merciless acrimonious shaggy bilious acerbic onerous vituperative vitriolic unpleasant brutish off-color unkind burdensome scraggly unsparing pitiless gravelly ironbound scabrous impolite stringent grouchy acidulous granular sarcastic disharmonious excruciating uncivil heavy-handed tyrannical cacophonous afflictive unharmonious craggy waspish bristly rockbound acerb ungentle spasmatic spasmic bearish discourteous short-tempered stertorous remorseless dysphemistic unmerciful torturous comfortless mordacious rugose punitive double-edged unmusical uncompassionate saw-toothed tyrannous unmelodious atonal squeaky rugous overcritical absonant asperous snippy unremorseful tuneless disconsonant squawky jaggy paroxysmal tangy uncourtly unsympathizing uneuphonious breathy snaggy inconcinnous uncompassioned disharmonic unfelicitous cragged croaky bowelless drawly dog-eat-dog raucid diaphonic inharmonic unpitying untuneful untuned scragged untunable unpitiful roupy musicless immelodious nonmelodious jangly stubbly amaroidal stridulous overburdensome

Adj, noun(29 words)

crude imperative rigid spasmodic outlandish vulgar spartan authoritarian disagreeable discordant guttural aggressive bleak choleric dour strident incorrect exigent tinny draconian

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inarticulate splenetic astringent velar metallic drastic doggerel escharotic dysphonic

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

stark

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

nasal

Adj, adv(4 words)

peevish unseemly surly off-key

Noun, verb(16 words)

choking shaking hurting griping croaking blaring scraping jangling squawking snuffling wearying cramping lisping colliding drawling jostling

Adj, name, verb(2 words)

brusque curt

Name, noun, verb(1 words)

hawking

off color saw toothed double edged off key inconcinnate nose tickling nose-tickling off-tone harsh-sounding out of pitch out of tone without mercy Spartanic bitter as gall

Prep_phrase(2 words)

out of tune in bad taste

Adj, adv, noun, verb(1 words)

ajar

Noun(1 words)

sawtooth

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