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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024harsh /hɑrʃ/USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est. - not gentle or pleasant;
severe:received harsh treatment. - grim;
stern:a harsh master. - uncomfortable or irritating to the body or to the senses:harsh detergents.
harsh•ly, adv. harsh•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024harsh (härsh),USA pronunciation adj. - ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect:harsh treatment; harsh manners.
- grim or unpleasantly severe;
stern;
cruel;
austere:a harsh life; a harsh master. - physically uncomfortable;
desolate;
stark:a harsh land. - unpleasant to the ear;
grating;
strident:a harsh voice; a harsh sound. - unpleasantly rough, ragged, or coarse to the touch:a harsh surface.
- jarring to the eye or to the esthetic sense;
unrefined;
crude;
raw:harsh colors. - unpleasant to the taste or sense of smell;
bitter;
acrid:a harsh flavor; a harsh odor.
- 1250–1300; Middle English harsk; cognate with German harsch, Danish harsk rancid
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged brusque, hard, unfeeling, unkind, brutal, acrimonious, bad-tempered. See stern 1.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rough.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged discordant, dissonant, unharmonious.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unesthetic.
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