harsh

1. a. Rough; disagreeable; grating Source: opted

2. a. disagreeable to the touch. Source: opted

3. a. disagreeable to the taste. Source: opted

4. a. disagreeable to the ear. Source: opted

5. a. Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough. Source: opted

6. a. Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony. Source: opted

7. adj. unpleasantly stern Source: wordnet

8. adj. unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses Source: wordnet

9. adj. of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles Source: wordnet

10. adj. unkind or cruel or uncivil Source: wordnet

11. adj. sharply disagreeable; rigorous Source: wordnet

12. 1. Rough; disagreeable; grating; esp.:(a) To the touch."Harsh sand." Boyle. (b) To the taste. "Berries harsh and crude." Milton. (c) To the ear. "Harsh din." Milton. 2. Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough. Clarence is so harsh, so blunt. Shak. Though harsh the precept, yet the charmed. Dryden. 3. (Painting, Drawing, etc.) Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony. Source: webster

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