Harsh
Rasping
Synonyms Grating, grinding, raspy, raucous, jangling, ear-piercing, dissonant, unharmonious, unmelodious, shrill, squeaky, rough, guttural, gruff, croaking, growling, glaring, dazzling, loud, garish, lurid, showy, vulgar, jarring, rasping, strident, brassy, metallic, discordant, disagreeable, cacophonous, screeching, tinny, squawking, coarse, hoarse, croaky, growly, stridulant, bright, brilliant, flashy, gaudy, bold, and crude.
Cruel
Synonyms Cruel, savage, despotic, tyrannical, ruthless, pitiless, unrelenting, strict, illiberal, heartless, inhuman, unfeeling, unmerciful, suppressive, firm, punitive, stiff, stern, rigorous, uncompromising, spartan, comfortless, stark, desolate, bitter, severe, barbarous, dictatorial, tyrannous, merciless, relentless, hard, intolerant, hard-hearted, unkind, inhumane, unsympathetic, unpitying, stringent, austere, draconian, brutal, rigid, grim, inflexible, rough, inhospitable, bleak, barren, and wild.
Cold
Synonyms Hard, cold, bitterly cold, freezing, icy-cold, polar, glacial, nasty, severe, bitter, bleak, icy, arctic, Siberian, extreme, and Baltic.
Strong
Example Sentences
The harsh wind stung painfully.
Her harsh words hurt deeply.
The desert's harsh sun burned.
His harsh tone caused discomfort.