Definition of harshness

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Harshness (n.) The quality or state of being harsh.

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Liquid :: Liquid (a.) Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and r are liquid letters..
Austereness :: Austereness (n.) Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
Durity :: Durity (n.) Harshness; cruelty.
Mollify :: Mollify (v. t.) To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground..
Severity :: Severity (n.) Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties..
Austerity :: Austerity (n.) Sourness and harshness to the taste.
Stridor :: Strident (a.) Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.
Huskiness :: Huskiness (n.) Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice..
Wolf :: Wolf (a.) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale..
Acerbitude :: Acerbitude (n.) Sourness and harshness.
Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste..
Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style..
Inclemency :: Inclemency (n.) Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow..
Raucity :: Raucity (n.) Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, the raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice..
Soft :: Soft (adv.) Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
Hoarseness :: Hoarseness (n.) Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords..
Smooth :: Smooth (a.) To free from harshness; to make flowing.
Severity :: Severity (n.) Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war..
Acerbity :: Acerbity (n.) Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain..
Asperity :: Asperity (n.) Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
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