Harsh synonyms

Caustic, bold, austere, siberian, abrasive, and bristly are all synonyms for harsh. Soft, dulcet, and subdued are antonyms of harsh. And here are 120 another word for harsh.

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, and vulgar are all synonyms for harsh.

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, and wild are all another word for harsh.

3. cold

Siberian, arctic, bitter, bitterly cold, bleak, cold, extreme, freezing, glacial, hard, icy-cold, icy, nasty, polar, severe, and baltic are all synonyms for harsh.

4. strong

Abrasive, bristly, caustic, coarse, hairy, rough, strong, and scratchy are all another word for harsh.

Harsh synonym statistics

Harsh synonym page has a variety of synonyms that differ in length. 1 synonym with 3, 13, and 14 letters and 7 synonyms with 4 letters. 20 synonyms with 5 letters and 21 synonyms with 6 letters.

14 synonyms with 7 letters and 18 synonyms with 8 letters. 12 synonyms with 9 letters and 8 synonyms with 10, and 11 letters. 4 synonyms with 12 letters. For a total of 115 another word for harsh.

Harsh sentences

The harsh wind stung painfully.

Her harsh words hurt deeply.

The desert's harsh sun burned.

His harsh tone caused discomfort.

Related Words for harsh

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    • Synonyms: ask in payment, ask
    • Opposites: withdraw, retreat
    • Part of speech: verb
  2. Charm
    • Synonyms: delight, please
    • Opposites: repulsion, annoyance
    • Part of speech: verb
  3. Charming
    • Synonyms: delightful, pleasing
    • Opposites: unpleasant, repulsive
    • Part of speech: adjective
  4. Harmony
    • Synonyms: euphony, polyphony
    • Opposites: discord, conflict
    • Part of speech: noun
  5. Share
    • Synonyms: split, divide
    • Opposites: be excluded from, withhold, keep
    • Part of speech: verb
  6. Sharp
    • Synonyms: keen, sharp-edged
    • Opposites: dull, blunt
    • Part of speech: adjective
  7. Characterize
    • Synonyms: distinguish, make distinctive
    • Opposites: obscure, misrepresent
    • Part of speech: verb
  8. Hardship
    • Synonyms: privation, deprivation
    • Opposites: prosperity, ease
    • Part of speech: noun
  9. Harm
    • Synonyms: injury, hurt
    • Opposites: benefit, good
    • Part of speech: noun
  10. Character
    • Synonyms: personality, nature
    • Opposites: villain, corruption
    • Part of speech: noun
  11. Hard work
    • Synonyms: Diligence, effort
    • Opposites: laziness, idleness
    • Part of speech: noun
  12. Harmful
    • Synonyms: damaging, injurious
    • Opposites: beneficial, harmless
    • Part of speech: adjective
  13. Characteristic
    • Synonyms: attribute, feature
    • Opposites: anomaly, irregularity
    • Part of speech: noun
  14. Hard
    • Synonyms: firm, solid
    • Opposites: soft, light
    • Part of speech: adjective