harsh
To negatively criticizeTo negatively criticize.
» I think that Tom is harsh.
Мені здається, що Том жорсткий.
Meaning
2 senses(ambitransitive, slang)To negatively criticize.
Quit harshing me already, I said that I was sorry!
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(ambitransitive, slang)To put a damper on (a mood).
Dude, you're harshing my buzz.
They're always harshing on the plan, but we're still going through with it.
Examples
181 sentencesI think that Tom is harsh.
Мені здається, що Том жорсткий.
I think Tom is harsh.
Мені здається, що Том жорсткий.
Tom is harsh.
Том жорстокий.
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Don't be so harsh on yourselves.
This is an unnecessarily harsh measure.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English harsk, harisk(e), hask(e), herris. Century derived the term from Old NFrom Middle English harsk, harisk(e), hask(e), herris. Century derived the term from Old Norse harskr (whence Danish harsk (“rancid”), dialectal Norwegian hersk, Swedish härsk, Swedish härsken); the Middle English Dictionary derives it from that and Middle Low German harsch (“rough”, literally “hairy”) (whence also German harsch), from haer (“hair”), from Old Saxon hār, from Proto-West Germanic *hār; the Oxford Dictionary of English derives it from Middle Low German alone.
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Forms
harshes, harshing, harshed, harshedSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle