harshness

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
abrasiveness, scratchiness
• Derivationally related forms:
scratchy (for: scratchiness), abrasive (for: abrasiveness), harsh
• Hypernyms:
roughness, raggedness
2. the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
• Syn:
roughness
• Derivationally related forms:
rough (for: roughness), harsh
• Hypernyms:
unpleasantness
• Hyponyms:
gruffness, hoarseness, huskiness
3. the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
• Syn:
cruelty, cruelness
• Derivationally related forms:
harsh, cruel (for: cruelness)
• Hypernyms:
malevolence, malevolency, malice
• Hyponyms:
ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagery, murderousness
4. excessive sternness
- severity of character
- the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
- the rigors of boot camp
• Syn:
severity, severeness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness,
rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness
• Derivationally related forms:
hard (for: hardness), inclement (for: inclemency), rigorous (for: rigorousness), rigorous (for: rigor), harsh, severe (for: severeness), severe (for: severity)
• Hypernyms:
sternness, strictness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cruelty, cruelness, roughness, abrasiveness, scratchiness