harsh (redirected from harshening)

harsh adjective acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, ascetic, astringent, austere, biting, bitter, brusque, brutal, burning, caustic, corrosive, crude, cruel, despiteful, discordant, disrespectful, draconian, drastic, excessive, feral, ferine, ferocious, grating, grim, grueling, gruff, ill-natured, incisive, inclement, inharmonious, inhumane, intense, merciless, mordacious, mordant, noisome, noxious, oppressive, piercing, pitiless, rancorous, rigorous, rough, ruthless, savage, scathing, severe, sharp, stern, stinging, strident, stridulous, stringent, surly, truculent, unfeeling, ungentle, ungracious, unkind, unkindly, unmitigated, unpitying, unsympathetic, untender, vituperative, withering
Associated concepts: cruel and unusual punishment, harsh penalty, harsh rule

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See also: astringent, bitter, blatant, brutal, caustic, close, contemptuous, cruel, draconian, drastic, hostile, incisive, insufferable, lurid, malevolent, mordacious, obdurate, obtrusive, offensive, onerous, oppressive, pejorative, relentless, rigid, ruthless, scathing, severe, spiteful, strict, stringent, strong, tyrannous