What are the opposite words for harsh?
Harsh is an adjective that describes something rough, severe, and unpleasant. It is often used to describe a person or a situation that is difficult to bear. However, there are many antonyms for the word "harsh" that can be used to describe a more pleasant experience. These include gentle, mild, soft, soothing, calm, comfortable, peaceful, pleasant, and easy. A gentle and soothing touch, a calm and comfortable environment, or a mild and easygoing person are all examples of the opposite of harsh. Antonyms can provide us with a better understanding of the world around us and allow us to express ourselves more effectively.
- moderate
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temperate
- unimpassioned,
- even tempered,
- eventempered,
- more checked,
- more curbed,
- more unexcessive,
- more unimpassioned,
- most checked,
- most unexcessive,
- most unimpassioned,
- self controlled,
- self restrained,
- selfcontrolled,
- selfrestrained,
- un excessive,
- un extreme,
- un extremer,
- un impassioned,
- un-excessive,
- un-extreme,
- un-extremer,
- un-extremest,
- un-impassioned,
- unexcessive,
- unextreme,
- unextremer,
- unextremest.
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agreeable
- fine,
- hunky-dory,
- in accord,
- peach,
- pleasureful,
- swell,
- well-disposed,
- Peacher,
- FAIRER,
- pussycat,
- be fitting,
- be-fitting,
- de lightful,
- de-lightful,
- hunky dory,
- hunkydory,
- more acceptable,
- more approving,
- more concurring,
- more consenting,
- more hunky dory,
- more hunky-dory,
- more hunkydory,
- more pleasureful,
- more pussycat,
- more well disposed,
- more well-disposed,
- more welldisposed,
- most approving,
- most complying,
- most concurring,
- most consenting,
- most hunky dory,
- most hunky-dory,
- most hunkydory,
- most pleasureful,
- most pussycat,
- most well disposed,
- most well-disposed,
- most welldisposed,
- one liking,
- one taste,
- one's liking,
- one's taste,
- ones liking,
- ones taste,
- peachest,
- to liking,
- to one liking,
- to one taste,
- to one's liking,
- to one's taste,
- to ones liking,
- to ones taste,
- to taste,
- well disposed,
- welldisposed.
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harmonious
- concordant,
- in chorus,
- in concert,
- in harmony,
- in unison,
- of one mind,
- silvery,
- simpatico,
- sweet-sounding,
- in tune,
- in step,
- mixest,
- more concordant,
- more coordinated,
- more harmonizing,
- more silvery,
- more simpatico,
- more sweet sounding,
- more sweet-sounding,
- more sweetsounding,
- most concordant,
- most coordinated,
- most harmonizing,
- most silvery,
- most simpatico,
- most sweet sounding,
- most sweet-sounding,
- most sweetsounding,
- of mind,
- on same wavelength,
- sweet sounding,
- sweetsounding.
- pleasing
- light
- calm
- sweet
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mild
- demulcent,
- ho-hum,
- lenitive,
- mild-mannered,
- tempered,
- wimpy,
- good natured,
- good tempered,
- goodnatured,
- goodtempered,
- ho hum,
- hohum,
- in sipid,
- in-sipid,
- mild mannered,
- more demulcent,
- more forbearant,
- more ho hum,
- more ho-hum,
- more hohum,
- more lenitive,
- more mild mannered,
- more mild-mannered,
- more mildmannered,
- more mollifying,
- more nothing,
- more pabulum,
- more tempered,
- most forbearant,
- most ho hum,
- most ho-hum,
- most hohum,
- most lenitive,
- most mild mannered,
- most mild-mannered,
- most mildmannered,
- most mollifying,
- most nothing,
- most pabulum,
- most tempered,
- nothing much,
- sub missive,
- un assuming,
- wimpiest.
- pleasant
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smooth
- planate,
- undeviating,
- in variable,
- in-variable,
- more frictionless,
- more mirrorlike,
- more shaven,
- more unbroken,
- more undeviating,
- most frictionless,
- most mirrorlike,
- most planate,
- most rippleless,
- most unbroken,
- re gular,
- re-gular,
- un broken,
- un interrupted,
- un varying,
- un-broken,
- un-deviating,
- un-eventful,
- un-varying,
- uni form,
- uni-form.
- quiet
- subtle
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soft
- bendable,
- cushiony,
- doughy,
- undemanding,
- understated,
- Tender-hearted,
- easy going,
- overindulgent,
- softer,
- doughier,
- out of shape,
- easy-going,
- doughiest,
- feeble minded,
- gone seed,
- gone to seed,
- mis tier,
- mis-tier,
- more bendable,
- more caressing,
- more cushiony,
- more dimmed,
- more easy going,
- more easy-going,
- more murmured,
- more overindulged,
- more overindulgent,
- more pampered,
- more tender hearted,
- more tender-hearted,
- more twilight,
- more undemanding,
- more understated,
- most bendable,
- most caressing,
- most cushiony,
- most dimmed,
- most easy going,
- most murmured,
- most overindulged,
- most overindulgent,
- most tender hearted,
- most tender-hearted,
- most twilight,
- most undemanding,
- most understated,
- out shape,
- over indulged,
- over indulgent,
- over-indulged,
- pappier,
- pappiest,
- tender hearted,
- un demanding,
- un trained,
- un-demanding,
- un-trained,
- under stated,
- under-stated.
- compassionate
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delicate
- fine-grained,
- fragile,
- hairline,
- Gossamery,
- Shattery,
- fracturable,
- de tailed,
- de-tailed,
- fainter,
- fine grained,
- finegrained,
- fore sighted,
- fore-sighted,
- hair trigger,
- hairtrigger,
- in firm,
- in firmer,
- in firmest,
- in-firmer,
- in-firmest,
- more fine grained,
- more fine-grained,
- more finegrained,
- more fracturable,
- more fragile,
- more gossamery,
- more hair trigger,
- more hair-trigger,
- more hairline,
- more hairtrigger,
- more muted,
- more shatterable,
- more shattery,
- most fine grained,
- most fine-grained,
- most finegrained,
- most fracturable,
- most gossamery,
- most hair trigger,
- most hair-trigger,
- most hairline,
- most hairtrigger,
- most muted,
- most shatterable,
- most shattery,
- pre carious,
- pre-carious,
- shatterable,
- thin skinned,
- thinskinned,
- un healthier,
- un healthiest,
- un healthy,
- un predictable,
- un-healthiest,
- un-healthy,
- un-predictable.
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faint
- out of earshot,
- far off,
- ill defined,
- illdefined,
- in audible,
- in distinct,
- in-audible,
- in-distinct,
- low pitched,
- lowpitched,
- more aside,
- more bated,
- more bleached,
- more blurred,
- more deadened,
- more faltering,
- more muttering,
- more piano,
- more stifled,
- most aside,
- most bated,
- most bleached,
- most deadened,
- most faltering,
- most murmuring,
- most muttering,
- most piano,
- most softened,
- most stifled,
- out earshot,
- re-mote,
- un clear,
- un clearest,
- un-clear,
- un-clearest.
- fine
- kind
- tender
- tranquil
- charitable
- clement
-
congenial
- clubby,
- Conversable,
- co-operative,
- amical,
- clubbier,
- clubbiest,
- co operative,
- goodhumored,
- like minded,
- likeminded,
- more amical,
- more conversable,
- more well suited,
- more well-suited,
- more wellsuited,
- most amical,
- most conversable,
- most well suited,
- most well-suited,
- most wellsuited,
- regular fellow,
- right neighborly,
- well suited,
- well-suited,
- wellsuited.
- dainty
- exquisite
-
gentle
- disciplined,
- gradual,
- low-toned,
- wellborn,
- Dovelike,
- Well-born,
- sweet-tempered,
- wellbred,
- blue blooded,
- blueblooded,
- upper-class,
- dove like,
- dove-like,
- laid back,
- low toned,
- lowtoned,
- more brahmin,
- more disciplined,
- more dove like,
- more dove-like,
- more dovelike,
- more low toned,
- more low-toned,
- more lowtoned,
- more sweet tempered,
- more sweet-tempered,
- more upper class,
- more upperclass,
- more well born,
- more well-born,
- more wellborn,
- most brahmin,
- most disciplined,
- most dove like,
- most dove-like,
- most low toned,
- most low-toned,
- most lowtoned,
- most sweet-tempered,
- most sweettempered,
- most upper class,
- most upper-class,
- most upperclass,
- most well born,
- most well-born,
- most wellborn,
- sweet tempered,
- sweettempered,
- un troubled,
- un-troubled,
- upperclass,
- well born,
- well bred.
- kindly
- mellow
- merciful
- refined
- silky
- sophisticated
-
tame
- housebroken,
- unresisting,
- gentle as lamb,
- more acclimatized,
- more bridled,
- more busted,
- more harnessed,
- more housebroken,
- more unresisting,
- more yoked,
- most bridled,
- most busted,
- most harnessed,
- most housebroken,
- most unresisting,
- most yoked,
- over come,
- un afraid,
- un resisting,
- un-afraid,
- un-resisting.
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melodious/melodic
- assonant,
- canorous,
- songful,
- well tuned,
- more assonant,
- more canorous,
- more melodious,
- more songful,
- more well tuned,
- more well-tuned,
- more welltuned,
- most assonant,
- most canorous,
- most melodic,
- most songful,
- most tuned,
- most well tuned,
- most well-tuned,
- most welltuned,
- re sonant,
- re-sonant,
- well-tuned,
- welltuned.
- considerate
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peaceful, quiet (inanimate)
- calm.
- giving, generous
- calm, mild (weather)
- having tender feelings
- friendly, compatible
- respectful of others
- delicate, fragile, fine
- dainty, weak
- beautiful, excellent, finely detailed
- having little effect on senses
- having a mild or kind nature
- calm, peaceful
- agreeable, corresponding; friendly
- nasty, abusive
- rough, crude (to the senses)
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generous, good
- kind.
- small in amount, content
- ripe, mature; softened
- kind, sparing
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gentle, temperate, nonirritating
- mild.
- calm, temperate
- acceptable; friendly
- cultured, civilized
- very smooth; like satin
- level, unwrinkled; flowing
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cushioned, squishy
- soft.
- complex, advanced
- nice, quiet, delicate
- friendly, kind
-
domesticated, compliant
- tame.
- calm, moderate
- affectionate, loving
- quiet, peaceful
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Other relevant words
- esthetic,
- esthetical,
- acceptable,
- accepting,
- acquiescent,
- aesthetic,
- allowable,
- amenable,
- amiable,
- appealing,
- artful,
- attractive,
- beautiful,
- becoming,
- calm,
- calming,
- charming,
- cheery,
- comely,
- complaisant,
- compliant,
- compromising,
- congenial,
- cultured,
- delectable,
- delicious,
- delightful,
- dreamy,
- dulcet,
- elegant,
- felicitous,
- forbearing,
- friendly,
- good,
- graceful,
- gracious,
- grateful,
- gratifying,
- honeyed,
- hospitable,
- jolly,
- laid-back,
- lenient,
- livable,
- luscious,
- luxurious,
- merciful,
- nice,
- painless,
- palatable,
- patient,
- peaceful,
- pleasing,
- pleasurable,
- pliable,
- pliant,
- polished,
- reasonable,
- refined,
- relaxing,
- reposeful,
- responsive,
- restful,
- saccharine,
- satisfying,
- seemly,
- softened,
- subdued,
- sweet,
- tolerant,
- undemanding,
- welcome,
- willing,
- yielding,
- Easeful,
- Nectared,
- comforting,
- survivable.
- Other antonyms
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