harsh
Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
Other meanings
Severe or cruel.
Synonyms
- rough
Related words
- harshen
- harshish
- harshly
- harshness
- harsh mistress
- harsh noise
- overharsh
- unharsh
- harsh Indian paintbrush
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle Low German "harsch" (rough).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “harsh” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.