Definitions of harshness
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the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
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synonyms:
roughness
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types:
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gruffness, hoarseness, huskiness
a throaty harshness
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type of:
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unpleasantness
the quality of giving displeasure
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gruffness, hoarseness, huskiness
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the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
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synonyms:
abrasiveness, scratchiness
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type of:
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raggedness, roughness
a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
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raggedness, roughness
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the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
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types:
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brutality, ferociousness, savagery, viciousness
the trait of extreme cruelty
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murderousness
cruelty evidence by a capability to commit murder
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type of:
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malevolence, malevolency, malice
the quality of threatening evil
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brutality, ferociousness, savagery, viciousness
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excessive sternness“the harshness of his punishment was inhuman”
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synonyms:
austerity, hardness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness
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type of:
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sternness, strictness
uncompromising resolution
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sternness, strictness
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