Dictionary Entry
harsh
harsh is a 5-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Rough; disagreeable; grating. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 9 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Rough; disagreeable; grating
- 2adjective
disagreeable to the touch.
- 3adjective
disagreeable to the taste.
- 4adjective
disagreeable to the ear.
- 5adjective
Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.
- 6adjective
Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony.
- 7adjective
sharply disagreeable; rigorous
"the harsh facts of court delays"
"an abrasive character"
Synonyms
- 8adjective
severe
"a harsh penalty"
- 9adjective
unkind or cruel or uncivil
"had harsh words"
"a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"
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- 10adjective
unpleasantly stern
"wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"
"the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
Synonyms
- 11adjective
disagreeable to the senses
"the harsh cry of a blue jay"
"harsh cognac"
- 12adjective
of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
"coarse meal"
"coarse sand"
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