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Definition of: harsh
(härsh) adjective
1. Grating or rough to any of the senses; violently disagreeable; discordant; rasping; irritating.
2. Irritating to the mind; offensive.
3. Rigorous; severe; also, unfeeling: a harsh judge, a harsh sentence. See synonyms under ARBITRARY, AUSTERE, βITTER, HARD, ROUGH. [ME harsk, prob. <Scand. Cf. Sw. härsk, Dan. harsk rancid.]
—harsh′ly adverb
—harsh′ness noun
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