Top synonyms for “harshness”: abrasiveness, cruelness, cruelty, hardness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, and 6 more below.
Definitions
- (noun)excessive sternness“severity of character”
- (noun)the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
- (noun)the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
- (noun)the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses
Definitions sourced from Princeton WordNet (BSD license).
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Common synonyms for "harshness" include abrasiveness, cruelness, cruelty, hardness, inclemency, rigor. Our thesaurus lists 14 total alternatives drawn from Princeton WordNet. Click any synonym to find its rhymes.
What does "harshness" mean?
excessive sternness Example: "severity of character"
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