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harshness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | roughness |
| Type of | unpleasantness |
| Has types | hoarseness, huskiness, gruffness |
| Derivation | harsh |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hardness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness |
| Type of | strictness, sternness |
| Derivation | harsh |
the harshness of his punishment was inhuman.
harshness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cruelness, cruelty |
| Type of | malevolence, malevolency, malice |
| Has types | viciousness, ferociousness, murderousness, savagery, brutality |
| Derivation | harsh |
harshness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abrasiveness, scratchiness |
| Type of | roughness, raggedness |
| Derivation | harsh |
Examples of harshness
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After you've lived through the harshness of winter they bring sunshine and hope.
From the express.co.uk
High death rates may also reflect the harshness of the environment in some cases.
From the washingtonpost.com
Mr. Walk said he will appeal the convictions and the harshness of the sentence.
From the post-gazette.com
The Conqueror, whose reputation for harshness was deserved, was true to his word.
From the edp24.co.uk
This is largely because of the harshness Taliban rule in areas they controlled.
From the latimes.com
During this period, his mother died and his father's harshness became unbearable.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Ultimately he favored the harshness of Wrigley over the comforts of Soldier Field.
From the stltoday.com
It felt like the end of the earth, a post-apocalyptic scene of Siberian harshness.
From the guardian.co.uk
The Greek delegates, surprised by harshness of the speech, blamed the British.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- The roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
- The quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
- Severity: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
- Harshness (also called raucousness), in music information retrieval, is a Non-Contextual Low-Level Audio Descriptors (NLDs) that represents one dimension of the multi-dimensional psychoacoustic feature called as musical timbre.
- A word used to describe the rigid quality of the damping.
- The tea is astringent due to the way it was processed. In other words, a harsh tea is bitter and isn't especially enjoyable.
- A coat quality, undesirable in a Yorkshire terrier, of roughness or coarseness. Wirehaired terriers should have harsh coats. A Yorkie's coat should be silky.
- Vibrations that can be felt and/or heard that are caused by interaction between the tire and the road surface. It can be caused by tire or road irregularities.
- The tendency to perceive the job performance of ratees as especially ineffective.
