单词 | harsh |
释义 | harsh —harshly, adv. —harshness, n. /hahrsh/, adj. 1. ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners. 2. grim or unpleasantly severe; stern; cruel; austere: a harsh life; a harsh master. 3. physically uncomfortable; desolate; stark: a harsh land. 4. unpleasant to the ear; grating; strident: a harsh voice; a harsh sound. 5. unpleasantly rough, ragged, or coarse to the touch: a harsh surface. 6. jarring to the eye or to the esthetic sense; unrefined; crude; raw: harsh colors. 7. unpleasant to the taste or sense of smell; bitter; acrid: a harsh flavor; a harsh odor. [1250-1300; ME harsk; c. G harsch, Dan harsk rancid] Syn. 2. brusque, hard, unfeeling, unkind, brutal, acrimonious, bad-tempered. See stern1. 3. rough. 4. discordant, dissonant, unharmonious. 6. unesthetic. |
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