From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Harshness \Harsh"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being harsh.
[1913 Webster]
O, she is
Ten times more gentle than her father's crabbed,
And he's composed of harshness. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense,
The sound must seem an echo to the sense. --Pope.
Syn: Acrimony; roughness; sternness; asperity; tartness. See
{Acrimony}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harshness
n 1: the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions [syn:
{harshness}, {abrasiveness}, {scratchiness}]
2: the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating)
to the senses [syn: {harshness}, {roughness}]
3: the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
[syn: {cruelty}, {cruelness}, {harshness}]
4: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness
of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
[syn: {severity}, {severeness}, {harshness}, {rigor},
{rigour}, {rigorousness}, {rigourousness}, {inclemency},
{hardness}, {stiffness}]
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