Antonyms for harshest
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hahrsh |
| Phonetic Transcription : hɑrʃ |
Definition of harshest
Origin :- originally of texture, "hairy," 1530s, probably from harske "rough, coarse, sour" (c.1300), a northern word of Scandinavian origin (cf. Danish and Norwegian harsk "rancid, rank"), related to Middle Low German harsch "rough, raw," German harst "a rake;" perhaps from PIE root *kars- "to scrape, scratch, rub, card" (cf. Lithuanian karsiu "to comb," Old Church Slavonic krasta, Russian korosta "to itch," Latin carduus "thistle," Sanskrit kasati "rubs, scratches"). Meaning "offensive to feelings" is from 1570s; "disagreeable, rude" from 1610s.
- adj rough, crude (to the senses)
- adj nasty, abusive
- In judging his fellow-men this is Shakespeare's harshest word.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- This is, as I have said, not the saddest, but certainly the harshest of his stories.
- Extract from : « Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens » by G. K. Chesterton
- The sound of that harshest and most jarring of all musical instruments was every after hateful to her.
- Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
- “Here, you, get a swab and mop that up,” I commanded in my harshest manner.
- Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London
- This was the harshest that my lady e'er spoke, either to me or to Marian.
- Extract from : « A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales » by Amelie Rives
- Out of it there came the harshest sounds that had ever been heard on the farm.
- Extract from : « The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot » by Arthur Scott Bailey
- I think that means, if it proves that she has deserved the harshest punishment.
- Extract from : « Cleopatra, Complete » by Georg Ebers
- And the harshest critics the motion pictures have are the people who work in them.
- Extract from : « Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence » by Alice B. Emerson
- Juvenal is the harshest and most violent of the four great Roman satirists.
- Extract from : « A History of Roman Literature » by Harold North Fowler
- What he received was the harshest punishment Parliament could devise.
- Extract from : « George Fox » by George Fox
Synonyms for harshest
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- austere
- bitter
- bleak
- brutal
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- coarse
- comfortless
- cracked
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- cruel
- cussed
- disagreeing
- discordant
- discourteous
- dissonant
- disturbing
- dour
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- grim
- gruff
- guttural
- hairy
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hard-nosed
- hard-shell
- hoarse
- incompatible
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- mean
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- pitiless
- punitive
- rasping
- raucous
- relentless
- rigid
- rude
- rugged
- rusty
- ruthless
- screeching
- severe
- sharp
- sour
- stern
- strident
- stridulous
- stringent
- tough
- tuneless
- uncivil
- uneven
- unfeeling
- ungracious
- unkind
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unpleasant
- unrelenting
- wicked
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