harshness

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being harsh.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

roughness severity hardness cruelty rigor asperity stiffness rigour acrimony tartness inclemency cruelness abrasiveness sternness rigorousness

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Antonyms

grace rue laxness understanding favor relief

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Hypernyms

malice roughness malevolence strictness sternness raggedness

Hyponyms

brutality savagery huskiness hoarseness gruffness ferociousness

Examples

Conviction without experience makes for harshness. Flannery O’Connor

The problem is not the harshness of Fate, for anything we want strongly enough we get. The trouble is rather that when we have it we grow sick of it, and then we should never blame Fate, only our own desire. Cesare Pavese

Harshness is for the good of a boy, soft-heartedness will ruin him. Ihara Saikaku

How many women are there...who because of their husbands' harshness spend their weary lives in the bond of marriage in greater suffering than if they were slaves among the Saracens? Christine de Pizan

His very chains helped to deceive him about the harshness of his service. Bruno Bauer

A sick mind cannot endure any harshness. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

harshly unpleasant place harshly weathered Harshman harslet Harsley harstigite