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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Harshness \Harsh"ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being harsh.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           O, she is
           Ten times more gentle than her father's crabbed,
           And he's composed of harshness.          --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense,
           The sound must seem an echo to the sense. --Pope.
  
     Syn: Acrimony; roughness; sternness; asperity; tartness. See
          Acrimony.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Harshness \Harsh"ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being harsh.
  
           O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father 's
           crabbed, And he's composed of harshness. --Shak.
  
           'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense, The sound
           must seem an echo to the sense.          --Pope.
  
     Syn: Acrimony; roughness; sternness; asperity; tartness. See
          Acrimony.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  harshness
       n 1: the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions [syn: abrasiveness,
             scratchiness]
       2: harsh or rough to the ear [syn: roughness]
       3: the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
          [syn: cruelty, cruelness]
       4: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness
          of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
          [syn: severity, rigor, rigour, inclemency, hardness,
           stiffness]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  harshness
     n.
     The quality of being harsh.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  harshness
     n.
     The quality of being harsh.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  harshness
     n.
     The quality of being harsh.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  harshness
     n.
     The quality of being harsh.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  harshness
     Englanti n.
     1 rankkuus
     2 julmuus

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  harshness'
     Engelska n.
     (böjning en subst harshness)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Harshness /hˈɑːʃnəs/
  القسوة

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  harshness /hˈɑːʃnəs/ 
  drsnost

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  harshness /hˈɑːʃnəs/
  Härte , Rauheit 
     Synonyms: abrasiveness, scratchiness
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  harshness /hˈɑːʃnəs/
  Härte , Unerbittlichkeit 
        "the harshness/severity of the sentence"  - die Härte der Strafe
        "the harshness of life on the streets"  - die Härte des Lebens auf der Straße
        "treat sb. with undue harshness"  - jdn. mit übermäßiger Härte behandeln
     Synonym: severity
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  harshness /hˈɑːʃnəs/
  Schroffheit , Barschheit , Schärfe 
     Synonyms: acrimony, asperity
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  harshness /hˈɑːʃnəs/
  
  σκληρότητα

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  harshness /hˈɑːʃnəs/ 
  1. निर्दयता
        "रूसी सेना ने"harshness" पूर्वक चेचेनिया का विद्रोह कुचल दिया."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  harshness /hˈɑːʃnəs/
  1. kíméletlenség
  2. keménység
  3. szigorúság

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  harshness /hɑːʃnəs/
  hardheid, hardvochtigheid

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈhɑɹʃnəs/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  263 Moby Thesaurus words for "harshness":
     Babel, Gothicism, Spartanism, abominability, abruptness, acerbity,
     acidity, acidulousness, acridity, acrimony, acuteness,
     aggressiveness, animality, aphonia, artificial voice, asperity,
     astringency, atrocity, austerity, authoritarianism, bad taste,
     barbarism, barbarity, barbarousness, baseness, bearishness,
     beastliness, bite, bitingness, bitterness, bloodlust, bluntness,
     bombasticness, boorishness, brashness, broken speech, broken tones,
     broken voice, brusqueness, brusquerie, brutality, bumpiness,
     cacology, cacophony, causticity, childish treble, choked voice,
     choppiness, churlishness, clamor, clash, clumsiness, coarseness,
     contemptibility, contrariety, cracked voice, cragginess, croak,
     crow, crudeness, cruelty, crustiness, cumbrousness, curtness,
     cuttingness, demandingness, despicability, despicableness,
     destructiveness, discipline, discord, disgustingness, dryness,
     dysarthria, dyslalia, dyslogia, dysphasia, dysphemism, dysphonia,
     dysphrasia, edge, exactingness, extremity, falsetto, ferociousness,
     fierceness, flintiness, force, foulness, fulsomeness, furiousness,
     gracelessness, granulation, grimness, grip, grossness, gruffness,
     gutturalism, gutturality, gutturalness, hardness, hatefulness,
     hawking voice, heartlessness, heaviness, heinousness, hispidity,
     hiss, hoarseness, huskiness, idioglossia, idiolalia, ignobility,
     ill-balanced sentences, impairment of speech, impetuosity,
     impropriety, impurity, inclemency, inconcinnity, incorrectness,
     indecorousness, inelegance, inelegancy, inequality, inexorableness,
     infelicity, inhumanity, intensity, irregularity, jaggedness,
     jangle, jar, joltiness, keenness, lack of finish, lack of polish,
     leadenness, lisp, lisping, loathsomeness, loss of voice, malignity,
     mercilessness, mere noise, meticulousness, mindlessness, mordacity,
     mordancy, murderousness, muzzy speech, nasal tone, nasalization,
     nastiness, nauseousness, noise, noisomeness, nonuniformity,
     noxiousness, objectionability, objectionableness, obnoxiousness,
     obscenity, odiousness, offensiveness, piquancy, pitilessness,
     poignancy, point, pompousness, ponderousness, poor diction,
     pungency, putridity, putridness, quaver, raggedness, raspiness,
     raucity, rebarbativeness, regimentation, relentlessness,
     remorselessness, repellence, repellency, repugnance, repulsiveness,
     rigid discipline, rigor, rottenness, rough air, roughness,
     rudeness, ruggedness, rugosity, ruthlessness, savagery,
     scraggliness, scrapiness, scratchiness, sesquipedalianism,
     sesquipedality, severity, shake, sharpness, short shrift,
     shortness, sibilation, slipshod construction, sourness,
     speech defect, speech impediment, sternness, stertorousness,
     stiltedness, sting, strictness, stridency, stringency, surliness,
     tartness, tastelessness, teeth, tender mercies, terrorism,
     thickness, throatiness, tooth, toughness, tremor, trenchancy,
     truculence, turbulence, turgidity, twang, ugliness,
     uncompassionateness, uncouthness, uneuphoniousness, unevenness,
     unfeelingness, unforgivingness, ungentleness, ungracefulness,
     unmercifulness, unrefinement, unremorsefulness, unseemliness,
     unsmoothness, unspeakableness, unsympatheticness, ununiformity,
     unwieldiness, unyieldingness, vandalism, vehemence, venom,
     viciousness, vileness, violence, virulence, vulgarism, vulgarity
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 粗糙的事物,刺耳,严肃;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 粗糙的事物,刺耳,严肃

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