Synonyms for harshness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hahrsh
Phonetic Transcription : hɑrʃ


Définition of harshness

Origin :
  • late 14c., from harsh + -ness.
  • noun crudity
Example sentences :
  • I did not know, I said, that I had given occasion for this harshness.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • He is accused of harshness to boys that were placed under his care.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • And Edward Newbury in particular was thought to have behaved with harshness.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • But Fyles remained unmoved, except that the harshness had gone out of his manner.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • There was a note of harshness in the voice that answered him.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The very speech and intonation of the one has melody, of the other harshness.
  • Extract from : « The Sportsman » by Xenophon
  • It had lost something of its harshness––something, too, of its decisiveness.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • "I 'll sleep where I am," said he, with some harshness in his tone.
  • Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • Her voice was deep, almost harsh, and yet caressing in its harshness.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • But at length Rabbi Gershon was sorry for his sister, and repented him of his harshness.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

Antonyms for harshness

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