Overview of noun harshness
The noun harshness has 4 senses
- harshness, abrasiveness, scratchiness -- (the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions)
- harshness, roughness -- (the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses)
- cruelty, cruelness, harshness -- (the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance)
- severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness -- (excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp")
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