Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To make, or to become harsh; render hard and rough.

    make harsh or harsher

  2. (transitive)To render peevish, morose, or austere.

Origin

From harsh + -en.

From harsh + -en.

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Forms

harshens, harshening, harshened, harshened
Base formharshen · to harshen
3rd person singularharshens
Present participleharshening
Past simpleharshened
Past participleharshened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyharshen
he, she, itharshens

Past simpleLesson

all personsharshened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave harshened
he, she, ithas harshened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill harshen

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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