harsh

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Sorry if this sounds harsh, and I know he has a lot of fans out there.

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unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of harsh gathered in one view.

adjective

unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"

adjective

disagreeable to the senses; "the harsh cry of a blue jay"; "harsh cognac"; "the harsh white light makes you screw up your eyes"; "harsh irritating smoke filled the hallway"

adjective

of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for harsh.

adjective

unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"

adjective

disagreeable to the senses; "the harsh cry of a blue jay"; "harsh cognac"; "the harsh white light makes you screw up your eyes"; "harsh irritating smoke filled the hallway"

adjective

of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"

adjective

unkind or cruel or uncivil; "had harsh words"; "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"; "a rough answer"

adjective

severe; "a harsh penalty"

adjective

sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character"

Example sentences

Sorry if this sounds harsh, and I know he has a lot of fans out there.

Here is Mark Twain's harsh comment on that: "In the first place God made idiots.

Agreed; the criticism here is way too harsh.

Exposing yourself to the direct, harsh feedback of the market is key.

The buck has to stop with you; there's no room for blaming other people, making excuses, or avoiding harsh realities.

It all sounds like work, but mainly serves to insulate them from the harsh reality that nobody wants their product.

All that leads to is cold, harsh discourse and criticism without considering the more abstract, but very real ways humans feel and behave.

It depresses me so much, that I want to throw away the whole box or move out of the house!Don't mean to be harsh on Cap Watkins, I'm just tired of reading this kind of posts.

Can't we all just act like adults and learn to deal with the negative commentsActually I find that harsh comments are more common among children and noobs than adults and experts.

Two, it emphasizes that we can participate in the game of isolating jerrya, and doing so will shield us from his treatment, as well as the harsh treatment of any who join in.

I've been harsh on Light Table because the source was nonfree and the promise to "open source" it eventually didn't look promising or community-friendly.

Probably because the reason the above article is so popular is because people like it when authors "get real" about the "harsh realities" of running a business.

As a consequence of Lavabit fighting, they likely got slapped with some pretty harsh contempt of court rulings, including a demand to record all private keys needed for decryption going forward.

From an interpersonal standpoint, they are noted to be harsh, hostile, manipulative, lacking in empathy, cold-hearted, and abrasive to those they deem to be their inferiors.

"Doing free tech support for non-technical people is a wonderful thought, but it can also provide a harsh lesson in the dangers of unlimited liability for open-ended, no-fee, no-contract work.