harsh

Definition for harsh

adjective as in rough, crude (to the senses)

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bitter, bleak, grim, hard, rigid, severe, sharp, strident

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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

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bitter, brutal, cruel, grim, hard, punitive, relentless, rude, ruthless, severe, sharp, stern, stringent, tough, unkind, unpleasant

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austere, comfortless, cussed, discourteous, dour, gruff, hairy, hard-boiled, hard-nosed, hard-shell, mean, pitiless, uncivil, unfeeling, ungracious, unrelenting, wicked

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Others, like Rubio and Stefanik, were critics of Trump early in his first presidential bid, but they have now spent years demonstrating that their harsh words are a thing of the past.

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But nothing was as harsh as what I did to myself, and that’s why I think people relate to this movie.

From Los Angeles Times

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide” in some of the harshest public criticism of the country by a Saudi official since the start of the war.

From BBC

Polls show that most voters oppose harsher restrictions, and last week, voters in seven states — including conservative Missouri and Montana — approved abortion rights measures.

From Los Angeles Times

Hochman plans to bring back the harsher penalties, despite evidence they disparately affect defendants of color.

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