Harsh

Adjective

 * 1) Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
 * 2) Severe or cruel.

Antonyms

 * genteel

Verb

 * 1)  To negatively criticize.
 *  Quit harshing me already, I said that I was sorry! 
 * 1)  to put a damper on (a mood).
 *  Dude, you're harshing my buzz. 
 * 1)  to put a damper on (a mood).
 *  Dude, you're harshing my buzz. 

Adverbs for Harsh
dreadfully; needlessly; unnecessarily; bitterly; inexplicably; austerely; irritably; discourteously; forbiddingly; irritatingly; inexcusably; deliberately; maliciously; incredibly; unreasonably; vengefully; disconcertingly; tyrannically; despotically; dogmatically; imperiously; authoritatively; terribly; uncompromisingly; stubbornly; cruelly; unmitigatedly; mercilessly.

Synonyms for Harsh
rough, rigorous, severe, austere, stern, gruff, sharp, cutting, keen, acrimonious, bitter, ungracious, uncivil, hard, brutal, ill-tempered, strict, rigid, censorious, jarring, unrelenting, pitiless, inexorable, unfeeling, merciless, abusive, exacting, surly, sour, grating, snarling, heartless, rude, cross, overbearing, caustic.

Antonyms for Harsh
gentle, mild, forbearing, placid, meek, unselfish, easy, even, good-tempered, sweet-tempered, kind, indulgent, moderate, quiet, peaceful, unassuming, courteous, benevolent, merciful, patient, calm, polite, humble, unostentatious, soft, yielding, unpretentious, tender, commiserating, sympathetic, feeling, agreeable, pleasant, consoling, compassionate, congenial, encouraging.

Derived terms

 * harshly
 * harshness

Thesaurus
Doric, Draconian, Spartan, Spartanic, abrupt, absonant, abusive, acerb, acerbic, acid, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acute, afflictive, aggressive, agonizing, ajar, amaroidal, asperous, astringent, atonal, atrocious, austere, authoritarian, barbaric, barbarous, bearish, beastly, bilious, biting, bitter, bitter as gall, blaring, bleak, bluff, blunt, blurred, bowelless, brash, brassy, brazen, breathy, bristly, brusque, brutal, brutish, burdensome, burning, cacophonous, caustic, cavalier, choked, choking, choleric, churlish, clashing, clumsy, coarse, colliding, comfortless, conflicting, confused, corrugated, cracked, cragged, craggy, cramping, crinkled, croaking, croaky, cross, crude, cruel, crumpled, crusty, curt, cutting, demanding, diaphonic, disagreeable, discomforting, disconsonant, discordant, discourteous, disharmonic, disharmonious, dissonant, distressing, dog-eat-dog, doggerel, double-edged, dour, drawling, drawly, dry, dysphemistic, dysphonic, ear-piercing, edged, escharotic, exacting, excruciating, exhausting, exigent, fierce, flat, flinty, gnawing, graceless, granular, grating, grave, gravelly, grim, grinding, griping, gross, grouchy, gruff, guttural, hairy, hard, harrowing, harsh-sounding, hawking, heartless, heavy, hoarse, hurtful, hurting, husky, immelodious, impolite, improper, impure, in bad taste, inarticulate, incisive, inclement, inconcinnate, inconcinnous, incongruous, incorrect, indecorous, indistinct, inelegant, inexorable, infelicitous, inharmonic, inharmonious, inhuman, intemperate, irascible, ironbound, irritating, jagged, jaggy, jangling, jangly, jarring, jostling, keen, lisping, loose, low, merciless, metallic, meticulous, mispronounced, mordacious, mordant, musicless, muzzy, nasal, nasty, nonmelodious, nose-tickling, off, off-color, off-key, off-tone, onerous, oppressive, out of pitch, out of tone, out of tune, outlandish, overburdensome, painful, paroxysmal, peevish, penetrating, petulant, piercing, piquant, pitiless, poignant, pungent, punishing, punitive, quavering, racking, ragged, rasping, raucid, raucous, relentless, remorseless, rigorous, rockbound, rocky, rough, roupy, rude, rugged, rugose, rugous, rusty, ruthless, sarcastic, saw-toothed, sawtooth, scabrous, scathing, scragged, scraggly, scraggy, scraping, scratchy, serrate, serrated, severe, shaggy, shaking, shaky, sharp, shooting, short, short-tempered, shrill, snagged, snaggled, snaggy, snippy, snuffling, sour, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, splenetic, squawking, squawky, squeaky, stabbing, stark, stern, stertorous, stifled, stinging, stony, strangled, strict, strident, stridulous, stringent, stubbly, sullen, surly, tangy, tart, tasteless, thick, throaty, tinny, tormenting, torturous, tough, tremulous, trenchant, truculent, tuneless, twangy, tyrannical, tyrannous, uncivil, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, uncourtly, uncouth, undignified, uneuphonious, uneven, unfeeling, unfelicitous, unforgiving, unfriendly, ungentle, ungraceful, unharmonious, unkind, unlevel, unmelodious, unmerciful, unmusical, unpitiful, unpitying, unpleasant, unpolished, unrefined, unremorseful, unseemly, unsmooth, unsparing, unsympathetic, unsympathizing, untunable, untuned, untuneful, unyielding, vehement, velar, violent, virulent, vitriolic, vulgar, warring, waspish, wearing, wearying, weighty, without mercy, wrinkled

Adjective

 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * German: ,


 * Italian: grossolano, rude, aspro, accidentato, gibboso
 * Latin: raucus
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Armenian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,


 * German:
 * Italian: duro, severo, crudele, rigido
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:


 * Albanian: ashpër, vrazhdë
 * Bengali: রুক্ষ
 * Chinese: 苛刻的 (kēkè de)
 * Croatian: grub, gruba , grubo
 * Dutch: ruw
 * Greek: σκληρός, σκληρή , σκληρό
 * Italian: (1)ruvido, ruvida , scabro , scabra ; (2) rude , zotico , zotica
 * Finnish: tyly (1), karkea (1), karski (1), kova (1,2), ankara (1,2), raaka (2),
 * French: dur, dure
 * Japanese: 粗い (あらい, arai)
 * Korean: 가혹한 (gahokhan)
 * Latin: durus, dura , durum
 * Polish: szorstki, szorstka , szorstkie
 * Portuguese: áspero, áspera
 * Russian: жестковатый (žestkovátyj)
 * Scottish Gaelic: borb, garg, cruaidh, searbh

Verb

 * Swahili:


 * Swahili: ,