harsh (319 synonym found)

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abrupt
absonant
abusive
acerb
acerbic
acid
acidulous
acrid
acrimonious
acute
afflictive
aggressive
agonizing
ajar
amaroidal
asperous
astringent
atonal
atrocious
austere
authoritarian
barbaric
barbarous
bearish
beastly
bilious
biting
bitter
bitter as gall
blaring
bleak
bluff
blunt
blurred
bowelless
brash
brassy
brazen
breathy
bristly
brusque
brutal
brutish
burdensome
burning
cacophonous
caustic
cavalier
choked
choking
choleric
churlish
clashing
clumsy
coarse
colliding
comfortless
conflicting
confused
corrugated
cracked
cragged
craggy
cramping
crinkled
croaking
croaky
cross
crude
cruel
crumpled
crusty
curt
cutting
demanding
diaphonic
disagreeable
discomforting
disconsonant
discordant
discourteous
disharmonic
disharmonious
dissonant
distressing
dog-eat-dog
doggerel
Doric
double-edged
dour
Draconian
drawling
drawly
dry
dysphemistic
dysphonic
ear-piercing
edged
escharotic
exacting
excruciating
exhausting
exigent
flat
flinty
gnawing
granular
grating
grave
gravelly
grinding
griping
grouchy
gruff
guttural
hairy
hard
harrowing
harsh-sounding
hawking
heartless
heavy
hoarse
hurtful
hurting
husky
immelodious
impolite
improper
impure
in bad taste
inarticulate
incisive
inclement
inconcinnate
inconcinnous
incongruous
incorrect
indecorous
indistinct
inelegant
inexorable
infelicitous
inharmonic
inharmonious
inhuman
intemperate
irascible
ironbound
irritating
jagged
jaggy
jangling
jangly
jarring
jostling
keen
lisping
low
merciless
metallic
meticulous
mispronounced
mordacious
mordant
musicless
muzzy
nasal
nasty
nonmelodious
nose-tickling
off
off-color
off-key
off-tone
onerous
oppressive
out of pitch
out of tone
out of tune
outlandish
overburdensome
painful
paroxysmal
peevish
penetrating
petulant
piercing
piquant
pitiless
poignant
pungent
punishing
punitive
quavering
racking
ragged
rasping
raucid
raucous
relentless
remorseless
rigorous
rockbound
rocky
rough
roupy
rude
rugged
rugose
rugous
rusty
ruthless
sarcastic
saw-toothed
sawtooth
scabrous
scathing
scragged
scraggly
scraggy
scraping
scratchy
serrate
serrated
shaggy
shaking
shaky
sharp
shooting
short
short-tempered
shrill
snagged
snaggled
snaggy
snippy
snuffling
Spartan
Spartanic
spasmatic
spasmic
spasmodic
splenetic
squawking
squawky
squeaky
stabbing
stark
stern
stertorous
stifled
stinging
strangled
strident
stridulous
stringent
stubbly
sullen
surly
tangy
tasteless
thick
throaty
tinny
tormenting
torturous
tremulous
trenchant
truculent
tuneless
twangy
tyrannical
tyrannous
uncivil
uncompassionate
uncompassioned
uncourtly
uncouth
undignified
uneuphonious
uneven
unfeeling
unfelicitous
unforgiving
ungentle
ungraceful
unharmonious
unkind
unlevel
unmelodious
unmerciful
unmusical
unpitiful
unpitying
unpleasant
unrefined
unremorseful
unseemly
unsmooth
unsparing
unsympathetic
unsympathizing
untunable
untuned
untuneful
unyielding
vehement
velar
violent
virulent
vitriolic
vulgar
warring
waspish
wearing
wearying
without mercy
wrinkled
Definition of harsh:

(adj) : unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses; severe or cruel
(v) : to negatively criticize; to put a damper on someone's mood
"quit harshing me already, I said that I was sorry!"
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Definition of harsh:

(adj) : unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses; severe or cruel
(v) : to negatively criticize; to put a damper on someone's mood
"quit harshing me already, I said that I was sorry!"
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