'Harshness' definitions:
Definition of 'harshness'
From: WordNet
noun
The roughness of a substance that causes abrasions [syn: harshness, abrasiveness, scratchiness]
noun
The quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses [syn: harshness, roughness]
noun
noun
Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" [syn: severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness]
Definition of 'Harshness'
From: GCIDE
- Harshness \Harsh"ness\, n. The quality or state of being harsh. [1913 Webster]
- O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father's crabbed, And he's composed of harshness. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. --Pope.
- Syn: Acrimony; roughness; sternness; asperity; tartness. See Acrimony. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'harshness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abominability,
- abruptness,
- acerbity,
- acidity,
- acidulousness,
- acridity,
- acrimony,
- acuteness,
- aggressiveness,
- animality,
- aphonia,
- artificial voice,
- asperity,
- astringency,
- atrocity,
- austerity,
- authoritarianism,
- Babel,
- bad taste,
- barbarism,
- barbarity,
- barbarousness,
- baseness,
- bearishness,
- beastliness,
- bite,
- bitingness,
- bitterness,
- bloodlust,
- bluntness,
- bombasticness,
- boorishness,
- brashness,
- broken speech,
- broken tones,
- broken voice,
- brusqueness,
- brusquerie,
- brutality,
- bumpiness,
- cacology,
- cacophony,
- causticity,
- childish treble,
- choked voice,
- choppiness,
- churlishness,
- clamor,
- clash,
- clumsiness,
- coarseness,
- contemptibility,
- contrariety,
- cracked voice,
- cragginess,
- croak,
- crow,
- crudeness,
- cruelty,
- crustiness,
- cumbrousness,
- curtness,
- cuttingness,
- demandingness,
- despicability,
- despicableness,
- destructiveness,
- discipline,
- discord,
- disgustingness,
- dryness,
- dysarthria,
- dyslalia,
- dyslogia,
- dysphasia,
- dysphemism,
- dysphonia,
- dysphrasia,
- edge,
- exactingness,
- extremity,
- falsetto,
- ferociousness,
- fierceness,
- flintiness,
- force,
- foulness,
- fulsomeness,
- furiousness,
- Gothicism,
- gracelessness,
- granulation,
- grimness,
- grip,
- grossness,
- gruffness,
- gutturalism,
- gutturality,
- gutturalness,
- hardness,
- hatefulness,
- hawking voice,
- heartlessness,
- heaviness,
- heinousness,
- hispidity,
- hiss,
- hoarseness,
- huskiness,
- idioglossia,
- idiolalia,
- ignobility,
- ill-balanced sentences,
- impairment of speech,
- impetuosity,
- impropriety,
- impurity,
- inclemency,
- inconcinnity,
- incorrectness,
- indecorousness,
- inelegance,
- inelegancy,
- inequality,
- inexorableness,
- infelicity,
- inhumanity,
- intensity,
- irregularity,
- jaggedness,
- jangle,
- jar,
- joltiness,
- keenness,
- lack of finish,
- lack of polish,
- leadenness,
- lisp,
- lisping,
- loathsomeness,
- loss of voice,
- malignity,
- mercilessness,
- mere noise,
- meticulousness,
- mindlessness,
- mordacity,
- mordancy,
- murderousness,
- muzzy speech,
- nasal tone,
- nasalization,
- nastiness,
- nauseousness,
- noise,
- noisomeness,
- nonuniformity,
- noxiousness,
- objectionability,
- objectionableness,
- obnoxiousness,
- obscenity,
- odiousness,
- offensiveness,
- piquancy,
- pitilessness,
- poignancy,
- point,
- pompousness,
- ponderousness,
- poor diction,
- pungency,
- putridity,
- putridness,
- quaver,
- raggedness,
- raspiness,
- raucity,
- rebarbativeness,
- regimentation,
- relentlessness,
- remorselessness,
- repellence,
- repellency,
- repugnance,
- repulsiveness,
- rigid discipline,
- rigor,
- rottenness,
- rough air,
- roughness,
- rudeness,
- ruggedness,
- rugosity,
- ruthlessness,
- savagery,
- scraggliness,
- scrapiness,
- scratchiness,
- sesquipedalianism,
- sesquipedality,
- severity,
- shake,
- sharpness,
- short shrift,
- shortness,
- sibilation,
- slipshod construction,
- sourness,
- Spartanism,
- speech defect,
- speech impediment,
- sternness,
- stertorousness,
- stiltedness,
- sting,
- strictness,
- stridency,
- stringency,
- surliness,
- tartness,
- tastelessness,
- teeth,
- tender mercies,
- terrorism,
- thickness,
- throatiness,
- tooth,
- toughness,
- tremor,
- trenchancy,
- truculence,
- turbulence,
- turgidity,
- twang,
- ugliness,
- uncompassionateness,
- uncouthness,
- uneuphoniousness,
- unevenness,
- unfeelingness,
- unforgivingness,
- ungentleness,
- ungracefulness,
- unmercifulness,
- unrefinement,
- unremorsefulness,
- unseemliness,
- unsmoothness,
- unspeakableness,
- unsympatheticness,
- ununiformity,
- unwieldiness,
- unyieldingness,
- vandalism,
- vehemence,
- venom,
- viciousness,
- vileness,
- violence,
- virulence,
- vulgarism,
- vulgarity