Harsh Synonyms

Caustic , bold, austere, siberian, abrasive, and bristly are synonyms for harsh; soft, dulcet, and subdued are antonyms of harsh. On this page, you will find 120 another word for harsh.

120 Another Word for Harsh

1. rasping

  • Bold
  • Brassy
  • Bright
  • Brilliant
  • Cacophonous
  • Coarse
  • Croaking
  • Croaky
  • Crude
  • Dazzling
  • Disagreeable
  • Discordant
  • Dissonant
  • Ear-piercing
  • Flashy
  • Garish
  • Gaudy
  • Glaring
  • Grating
  • Grinding
  • Growling
  • Growly
  • Gruff
  • Guttural
  • Hoarse
  • Jangling
  • Jarring
  • Loud
  • Lurid
  • Metallic
  • Rasping
  • Raspy
  • Raucous
  • Rough
  • Screeching
  • Showy
  • Shrill
  • Squawking
  • Squeaky
  • Strident
  • Stridulant
  • Tinny
  • Unharmonious
  • Unmelodious
  • Vulgar

2. cruel

  • Austere
  • Barbarous
  • Barren
  • Bitter
  • Bleak
  • Brutal
  • Comfortless
  • Cruel
  • Desolate
  • Despotic
  • Dictatorial
  • Draconian
  • Firm
  • Grim
  • Hard-hearted
  • Hard
  • Heartless
  • Illiberal
  • Inflexible
  • Inhospitable
  • Inhuman
  • Inhumane
  • Intolerant
  • Merciless
  • Pitiless
  • Punitive
  • Relentless
  • Rigid
  • Rigorous
  • Rough
  • Ruthless
  • Savage
  • Severe
  • Spartan
  • Stark
  • Stern
  • Stiff
  • Strict
  • Stringent
  • Suppressive
  • Tyrannical
  • Tyrannous
  • Uncompromising
  • Unfeeling
  • Unkind
  • Unmerciful
  • Unpitying
  • Unrelenting
  • Unsympathetic
  • Wild

3. cold

  • Siberian
  • Arctic
  • Bitter
  • Bitterly cold
  • Bleak
  • Cold
  • Extreme
  • Freezing
  • Glacial
  • Hard
  • Icy-cold
  • Icy
  • Nasty
  • Polar
  • Severe
  • Baltic

4. strong

  • Abrasive
  • Bristly
  • Caustic
  • Coarse
  • Hairy
  • Rough
  • Strong
  • Scratchy

Harsh Sentences

The harsh wind stung painfully.

Her harsh words hurt deeply.

The desert's harsh sun burned.

His harsh tone caused discomfort.