Definition for Harsh:

• Rough to the touch, taste, or ear; rugged; grating; discordant; austere; peevish; severe; unfeeling.

Synonyms for Harsh:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • rough.
  •conflicting (adjective)
  • brawling,
  • dissident,
  • contentious,
  • clashing,
  • rioting,
  • Squabbling,
  • bickering,
  • warring,
  • tense,
  • antipathetic,
  • hostile,
  • raucous,
  • feuding,
  • dissonant,
  • loath,
  • discordant,
  • colliding,
  • differing,
  • clamoring,
  • cacophonous,
  • dissenting,
  • disharmonious,
  • rowing,
  • conflicting,
  • antagonistic.
  •critical (adjective)
  • caviling,
  • pedantic,
  • carping,
  • disparaging,
  • finicky,
  • Fault-finding,
  • derogatory,
  • captious,
  • picky,
  • critical,
  • judgmental.
  •depressing (adjective)
  • bleak.
  •difficult (adjective)
  • contrary,
  • hard,
  • uphill,
  • cumbersome,
  • demanding,
  • formidable,
  • difficult,
  • oppressive,
  • trying,
  • finicky,
  • burdensome,
  • stressful,
  • cantankerous,
  • laborious,
  • knotty,
  • rough,
  • tight,
  • adverse,
  • troublesome,
  • tough,
  • toilsome,
  • ticklish,
  • wearing,
  • onerous,
  • rugged,
  • complex,
  • grinding,
  • thorny,
  • wearying,
  • arduous,
  • complicated,
  • bothersome,
  • severe,
  • fussy,
  • wearisome,
  • strenuous,
  • tricky.
  •discordant (adjective)
  • inharmonious.
  •discourteous (adjective)
  • rude.
  •nasty, abusive (adjective)
  • cruel,
  • pitiless,
  • stringent,
  • relentless,
  • austere,
  • rude,
  • brutal,
  • stern,
  • tough,
  • gruff,
  • dour,
  • ruthless.
  •painful (adjective)
  • stinging.
  •rough, crude (to the senses) (adjective)
  • strident,
  • screeching,
  • coarse,
  • severe,
  • hard,
  • cacophonous,
  • astringent,
  • grim,
  • bitter,
  • sharp,
  • dissonant,
  • grating,
  • jangling,
  • raucous,
  • rugged,
  • rigid,
  • bleak,
  • jarring,
  • discordant,
  • rasping,
  • acrid,
  • Caterwauling,
  • clashing,
  • hoarse.
  •severe (adjective)
  • lean,
  • hidebound,
  • spare,
  • intolerant,
  • stringent,
  • basic,
  • critical,
  • stiff-necked,
  • stark,
  • cutting,
  • raw,
  • censorious,
  • rigorous,
  • severe,
  • austere,
  • brisk,
  • gruff,
  • unbending,
  • precise,
  • dry,
  • fundamental,
  • disciplined,
  • sharp,
  • abrupt,
  • cool,
  • grim,
  • imperial,
  • caustic,
  • correct,
  • dour,
  • spartan,
  • strait-laced,
  • acute,
  • draconian,
  • obstinate,
  • curt,
  • prudish,
  • uncompromising,
  • icy,
  • demanding,
  • ascetic,
  • strict,
  • obdurate,
  • tart,
  • intense,
  • short,
  • crisp,
  • blunt,
  • relentless,
  • rigid,
  • stern,
  • chilly,
  • keen,
  • exacting,
  • acrimonious,
  • acerbic,
  • meticulous,
  • puritanical,
  • brusque,
  • inflexible,
  • authoritarian,
  • frosty,
  • bleak,
  • piquant,
  • astringent,
  • oppressive.
  •sharp (adjective)
  • sharp.
  •shrill (adjective)
  • jarring,
  • whining,
  • creaky,
  • grating,
  • high-pitched,
  • piercing,
  • screeching,
  • reedy,
  • hoarse,
  • raucous,
  • shrieking,
  • scratching,
  • squeaky,
  • squealing,
  • jangling,
  • rasping,
  • ear-piercing,
  • screaming,
  • treble,
  • penetrating,
  • cutting,
  • shrill,
  • acute,
  • scraping,
  • Caterwauling,
  • whistling,
  • strident.

• n.

  •
  • pitiless.
  •harsh (noun)
  • rough,
  • brutal,
  • hard,
  • rigorous,
  • cruel.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pitiless,
  • rude.
  •Other relevant words:
  • vulgar,
  • stinging,
  • crude,
  • uncouth,
  • inharmonious,
  • brutal,
  • barbarous,
  • incongruous,
  • biting,
  • unsparing,
  • grave,
  • gross,
  • outlandish,
  • pungent,
  • ruthless,
  • rude,
  • bitter,
  • pitiless,
  • cruel,
  • poignant,
  • acrid,
  • harsh-sounding,
  • coarse,
  • irritating.

Antonyms for Harsh:

• adj.

  • nasty, abusive
    considerate, inexact, compassionate, giving, wonderful, sympathetic, friendly, agreeable, merciful, tolerant, good.
  • rough, crude (to the senses)
    sunny, polite, facile, smooth, mild, courteous, bright, low, calm, soft, gentle, kind, nice, pleasing, pliant, pliable, cheerful, peaceful, flexible, pleasant, bland, yielding, easy, moderate.
  • Other antonyms:
    cheery, nice, jolly, congenial, amiable, reposeful, honeyed, reasonable, subdued, compromising, responsive, comely, elegant, refined, satisfying, hospitable, dreamy, luxurious, undemanding, delectable, allowable, good, amenable, cultured, friendly, complaisant, attractive, peaceful, pliable, pleasing, acquiescent, forbearing, survivable, restful, pliant, polished, charming, accepting, appealing, relaxing, aesthetic, acceptable, compliant, calm, tolerant, gracious, seemly, Nectared, becoming, felicitous, grateful, delightful, dulcet, willing, lenient, sweet, gratifying, saccharine, painless, calming, yielding, laid-back, welcome, comforting, artful, palatable, softened, Easeful, graceful, livable, beautiful, luscious, delicious, pleasurable, patient, merciful.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    acceptable, accepting, acquiescent, aesthetic, allowable, amenable, amiable, appealing, artful, attractive, beautiful, becoming, calm, calming, charming, cheerful, cheery, close, close-grained, comely, complaisant, compliant, compromising, congenial, considerate, courteous, cultured, delectable, delicious, delightful, dreamy, dulcet, dustlike, elegant, enlightened, facile, felicitous, fine, fine-grained, floury, forbearing, friendly, giving, good, graceful, gracious, grateful, gratifying, hospitable, inexact, laid-back, lenient, livable, loving, luxurious, mellifluous, merciful, nice, nongranular, painless, palatable, patient, peaceful, pleasing, pleasurable, pliable, pliant, polished, polite, powdered, powdery, pulverised, pulverized, reasonable, refined, relaxing, reposeful, responsive, restful, satisfying, seemly, small, small-grained, smooth, softened, subdued, superfine, sweet, tight, tolerant, welcome, willing, wonderful, Easeful, Harmonizing, comforting, survivable, aesthetic aesthetical, aesthetic esthetical.