Thesaurus
harsh
Synonyms and Antonyms of harsh
- harsh conditions in the refugee camp
- the harsh lighting in the cafeteria makes the food look slightly off-color
acid, flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, tawdry
artless, clumsy, crude, graceless, inelegant, rude
uncouth, uncultured, unrefined
disgusting, gross, obscene, repugnant, repulsive, ugly
disagreeable, jolting, unpleasant, unpleasing
blaring, clashing, discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonious, jangling, off-key, ragged, raspy, raucous, unmelodious, unmusical
- the harsh northern climate
- a harsh judge when it comes to drug users and especially drug dealers
adamant, adamantine, callous, hardened, hard-hearted, hard-line, immovable, implacable, inflexible, merciless, ossified, pitiless, relentless, rock-ribbed, stiff, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unsparing, unyielding
ascetic (also ascetical), monastic, monkish
determined, firm, resolved, single-minded, steadfast, unflinching
- the harsh reality of failure
- harsh words of criticism from her music teacher
- winced at the harsh sound that the beginner violinist was making
bad, bitter, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, icky, nasty, rotten, sour, uncongenial, unlovely, unpalatable, unpleasant, unpleasing, unsavory, unwelcome, wicked, yucky (also yukky)
abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, beastly, bilious, disgusting, dreadful, foul, ghastly, gnarly [slang], god-awful, gross, hateful, hellish, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, invidious, loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revolting, revulsive, scandalous, seamy, shocking, sick, sickening, ugly, unholy, vile, villainous
aggravating, annoying, galling, irritating, vexing
crappy [slang], cruddy, crummy (also crumby), lousy, miserable, sucky [slang], wretched
Synonym Discussion of harsh
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- a rough wooden board
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- a harsh fabric that chafes the skin
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- an old house with uneven floors
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- a rugged landscape
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- a scabrous leaf
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