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harsh
Synonyms and Antonyms of harsh
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difficult to endure
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disagreeable to oneʼs aesthetic or artistic sense
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
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causing discomfort
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given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint
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
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hard to accept or bear especially emotionally
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not giving pleasure to the mind or senses
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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