harsh
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
unpleasantly stern
wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus
Related & opposite
- rigorousness derivation
- roughness derivation
- unpleasant similar to
Sense 2 adjective
disagreeable to the senses
the harsh cry of a blue jay
Related & opposite
- roughness derivation
- unpleasant similar to
Sense 3 adjective
of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
coarse meal
Related & opposite
- rough also see
- fine antonym
- texture attribute
- tweediness derivation
- harshness derivation
- large-grained similar to
- gritty similar to
- granulated similar to
- plushy similar to
- open similar to
Sense 4 adjective
unkind or cruel or uncivil
had harsh words
Related & opposite
Sense 5 adjective
severe
a harsh penalty
Related & opposite
- heavy similar to
Sense 6 adjective
sharply disagreeable; rigorous
the harsh facts of court delays
Related & opposite
- rigorousness derivation
- abrasiveness derivation
- disagreeable similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rigorousness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | roughness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unpleasant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | roughness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unpleasant |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | rough |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | fine |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | texture |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tweediness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | harshness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | large-grained |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | gritty |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | granulated |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | plushy |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | open |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cruelness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | unkind |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | heavy |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | rigorousness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | abrasiveness |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | disagreeable |