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harsh
What does harsh mean?
harsh (adjective): unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use harsh in a sentence?
- Wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce harsh?
/hɑɹʃ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does harsh come from?
From Middle English harsk, harisk(e), hask(e), herris.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to harsh
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “harsh” mean?
far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
Not quite: that's what exceptional means.
of, facing, situated in, or related to the west
Not quite: that's what western means.
unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses
Right! That's what “harsh” means.
of, facing, situated in, or related to the east
Not quite: that's what eastern means.
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