harsh
Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other sensesUnpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
Recorded: Commander Keane, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
2 sensesUnpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
rau, harsch
жёсткийžóstkij, твёрдыйtvjórdyj, гру́быйgrúbyj
гру́бийhrúbyj, суво́рийsuvóryj, різки́йrizkýj
unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses
Severe or cruel.
harsh decision
harsh penalty
unwirsch, harsch, scharf
ре́зкийrézkij, гру́быйgrúbyj, суро́выйsuróvyj
жорстки́йžorstkýj
severe
Examples
181 sentencesI think that Tom is harsh.
Мені здається, що Том жорсткий. — deniko
I think Tom is harsh.
Мені здається, що Том жорсткий. — deniko
Tom is harsh.
Том жорстокий. — deniko
ruТом груб. — venticello
Don't be so harsh on yourselves.
This is an unnecessarily harsh measure.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
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.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
harsher/more harsh, harshest/most harsh| Comparative | harsher / more harsh Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | harshest / most harsh Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
52 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.