Harsher

Synonyms for "harsher" (427 found)

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crude cruel crumpled crusty curt cutting demanding diaphonic discomforting disconsonant discordant discourteous disharmonic disharmonious dissonant distressing dog-eat-dog doggerel domineering doric

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Adjective(23 words)

disgusting dour flint-hearted forbidding frosty gimped gooey grim hard hard-boiled hardened hardhanded hardhearted heartless heavy-handed humorless icy insensitive iron-hearted irregular

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jagged jaggy knaggy

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loose loud low merciless metallic meticulous mispronounced mordacious mordant musicless muzzy nasal nasty noisy nonmelodious nose tickling nose-tickling off off color off key

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off-color off-key off-tone onerous oppressive out of pitch out of tone out of tune outlandish overburdensome overcritical painful paroxysmal peevish penetrating petulant piercing piquant pitiless poignant pungent punishing punitive quavering racking ragged rasping raspy raucid raucous relentless remorseless rigid rockbound rocky roupy rude rugged rugose rugous rusty ruthless sarcastic savage saw toothed saw-toothed sawtooth scabrous scathing scorching scragged scraggly scraggy scraping scratchy serrate serrated severe shaggy shaking shaky sharp shooting short short-tempered shrill snagged snaggled snaggy snippy snuffling sour spartan spartanic spasmatic spasmic spasmodic splenetic squawking squawky squeaky stabbing stark stern stertorous stiff stifled stinging stony strangled strident stridulous stringent strong stubbly sullen surly swingeing tangy tart tasteless thick throaty tight tinny tormenting torturous tough tremulous trenchant truculent tuneless twangy tyrannical tyrannous uncivil uncomfortable uncompassionate uncompassioned uncourtly uncouth undignified uneuphonious uneven unfeeling unfelicitous unflattering unforgiving unfriendly ungentle ungraceful unharmonious unlevel unmelodious unmerciful unmusical unpitiful unpitying unpolished unrefined unremorseful unseemly unsmooth unsparing unsympathetic unsympathizing untunable untuned untuneful unyielding vehement velar violent virulent vitriolic vituperative vulgar warring waspish wearing wearying weighty wild without mercy wrinkled

Adjective(26 words)

mean obnoxious obtrusive raspy rigorous rockhearted rough rugged rugose salebrous scabrous scraggy severe shagged squarrose stern stonehearted stony stonyhearted strict

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tough uneven unmoved unrelenting unsmooth unsympathetic

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Verb(1 words)

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The prouder the individual, the harsher the punishment.

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If he does that again, let the punishment be harsher, and in addition, let penance be imposed on him, but if he does that thrice, let him be executed.

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When the days start to get longer, winter starts to get harsher.

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Scientists say big waves form there usually in the winter months, between October and March, when the harsher weather generates larger swells.

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