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Showing words for HARSHNESS using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Harshness

harshness

8 Letter Words for Harshness

harshens, rashness

7 Letter Words for Harshness

harness, harshen, sarsens, shashes, snashes

6 Letter Words for Harshness

hanses, hasher, hashes, nasser, ranses, rashes, rasses, rehash, sarsen, sashes, shares, sharns, shears, snares

5 Letter Words for Harshness

anser, ashen, asher, ashes, asses, earns, earsh, hanse, hares, harns, harsh, hears, herns, nares, nears, rasen, rasse, reans, rheas, saner, sanes, sasse, seans, sears, senas, sensa, sessa, shahs, shans, share, sharn, shash, shear, sheas, snare, snars, snash

4 Letter Words for Harshness

ahhs, anes, anre, aren, ares, asse, assn, eans, earn, ears, eras, erns, ersh, haen, haes, hans, hare, harn, hash, hasn, hear, hehs, hens, hera, hern, hers, nare, nash, near, nesh, ness, rahs, rane, rash, rean, rehs, rhea, sahh, sane, sans, sare, sars, sash, sass, seah, sean, sear, seas, sena, sens, sers, sess, shah, shan, shea, sher, shes, snar

3 Letter Words for Harshness

aer, aes, ahh, ahs, ane, ans, are, arn, ars, ase, ash, ass, ean, ear, eas, ehs, ens, era, ern, ers, esr, ess, hae, han, has, heh, hen, her, hes, hrs, nae, nah, nar, nas, nea, rah, ran, ras, rea, reh, res, rha, rhe, rna, sah, san, sar, sea, sen, ser, sha, she, shh, shr, sse, ssh

Definitions for Harshness

[1] ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
[2] grim or unpleasantly severe; stern; cruel; austere: a harsh life; a harsh master.
[3] physically uncomfortable; desolate; stark: a harsh land.
[4] unpleasant to the ear; grating; strident: a harsh voice; a harsh sound.
[5] unpleasantly rough, ragged, or coarse to the touch: a harsh surface.
[6] jarring to the eye or to the esthetic sense; unrefined; crude; raw: harsh colors.
[7] unpleasant to the taste or sense of smell; bitter; acrid: a harsh flavor; a harsh odor.
[8] rough or grating to the senses
[9] stern, severe, or cruel
[10] (tr) slang to cause (a state of elation) to be diminished or ended (esp in the phrases harsh someone's mellow and harsh someone's buzz )

Words related to Harshness

harshcruelty, brutality, anger, tyranny, acerbity, sternness

Words nearby Harshness

harshharrow, harrowing, harrumph, harry, harry potter, harsh, harshen, harslet, harstad, hart, hart's-tongue

Origin of Harshness

1250–1300; Middle English harsk; cognate with German harsch, Danish harsk rancid

Other words from Harshness

harsh·ly , adverb
harsh·ness , noun
o·ver·harsh , adjective
o·ver·harsh·ly , adverb
o·ver·harsh·ness , noun
un·harsh , adjective
un·harsh·ly , adverb

Word origin for Harshness

C16: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Middle Low German harsch, Norwegian harsk rancid

Synonyms for Harshness

brutality, cruelty, acerbity, anger, sternness, tyranny