Word Meanings - HARSHNESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The quality or state of being harsh. O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father 's crabbed, And he's composed of harshness. Shak. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Pope. Syn. -- Acrimony;

Additional info about word: HARSHNESS

The quality or state of being harsh. O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father 's crabbed, And he's composed of harshness. Shak. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Pope. Syn. -- Acrimony; roughness; sternness; asperity; tartness. See Acrimony.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HARSHNESS)

• Acerbity
• Harshness
• acridity
• tartness
• acidity
• bitterness
• acrimony
• crabbedness
• moroseness
• sourness
• roughness
• Asperity
• harshness
• sharpness
• severity
• Tartness
• Sourness
• asperity
• acerbity

Related words: (words related to HARSHNESS)

• MOROSENESS
  Sourness of temper; sulenness. Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. I. Watts. Note: Moroseness is not precisely peevishness or fretfulness, though often accompained with it. It denotes
• ACRIDITY; ACRIDNESS
  The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
• TARTNESS
  The quality or state of being tart. Syn. -- Acrimony; sourness; keenness; poignancy; severity; asperity; acerbity; harshness. See Acrimony.
• ACIDITY
  The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice.
• SHARPNESS
  The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.
• ROUGHNESS
  The quality or state of being rough.
• SOURNESS
  The quality or state of being sour.
• HARSHNESS
  The quality or state of being harsh. O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father 's crabbed, And he's composed of harshness. Shak. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Pope. Syn. -- Acrimony;
• ACERBITY
  1. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit. 2. Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain. Barrow.
• BITTERNESS
  1. The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind. The lip that curls
• ASPERITY
  1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness. "The asperities of dry bodies." Boyle. 2. Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity. 3. Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
• SEVERITY
  The quality or state of being severe. Specifically: -- Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties. "Strict age,
• ACRIMONY
  1. A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants. Bacon. 2. Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or
• THOROUGHNESS
  The quality or state of being thorough; completeness.
• PLACIDITY
  The quality or state of being placid; calmness; serenity. Hawthorne.