SkyfireDict

harshness   (TTS Sound)

The noun harshness has 4 senses

• harshness, abrasiveness, scratchiness -- (the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions)


• harshness, roughness -- (the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses)


• cruelty, cruelness, harshness -- (the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance)


• severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness -- (excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp")