English-Thai Dictionary

harsh

ADJ กระด้าง  รุนแรง  ห้าว  เกรี้ยวกราด  แข็งกร้าว  aurtere severe stern easygoing lenient pleasant kra-dang

 

harsh

ADJ ที่ ไม่ สามารถ ทน ได้ (ต่อ สภาพอากาศ หรือ สภาพ ความเป็นอยู่  ti-mai-sa-mad-ton-dai

 

harsh

ADJ หยาบ  สาก  แข็ง  yab

 

harsh

ADJ แสบ (แก้วหู  sab

 

harshly

ADV อย่าง เกรี้ยวกราด  อย่าง กระโชกโฮกฮาก  อย่าง หยาบคาย  roughly severely leniently pleasantly yang-kriao-krad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HARSH

a. 1. Rough to the touch; rugged; grating; as harsh sand; harsh cloth; opposed to smooth.
2. Sour; rough to the taste; as harsh fruit.
3. Rough to the ear; grating; discordant; jarring; as a harsh sound; harsh notes; a harsh voice.
4. Austere; crabbed; morose; peevish. Civilization softens the harsh temper or nature of man.
5. Rough; rude; abusive; as harsh words; a harsh reflection.
6. Rigorous; severe.
Though harsh the precept, yet the preacher charm'd.

 

HARSHLY

adv. Roughly; in a harsh manner. 1. Sourly; austerely.
2. Severely; morosely; crabbedly; as, to speak or answer harshly.
3. Roughly; rudely; with violence; as, to treat a person harshly.
4. Roughly; with a grating sound; unpleasantly.
It would sound harshly in her ears.

 

HARSHNESS

n.Roughness to the touch; opposed to softness and smoothness. 1. Sourness; austereness; as the harshness of fruit.
2. Roughness to the ear; as the harshness of sound or of a voice, or of verse.
'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense,
The sound must seem an echo to the sense.
3. Roughness of temper; moroseness; crabbedness; peevishness.
4. Roughness in manner or words; severity; as the harshness of reproof.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HARSH

Harsh, a. [Compar. Harsher; superl. Harshest.] Etym: [OE. harsk; akin to G. harsch, Dan. harsk rancid, Sw. härsk; from the same source as E. hard. See Hard, a.]

 

1. Rough; disagreeable; grating; esp. :(a ) To the touch. "Harsh sand. " Boyle. (b ) To the taste. "Berries harsh and crude. " Milton. (c ) To the ear. "Harsh din. " Milton.

 

2. Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough. Clarence is so harsh, so blunt. Shak. Though harsh the precept, yet the charmed. Dryden.

 

3. (Painting, Drawing, etc. )

 

Defn: Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony.

 

HARSHLY

HARSHLY Harsh "ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely. 'T will sound harshly in her ears. Shak.

 

HARSHNESS

HARSHNESS Harsh "ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being harsh. O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father 's crabbed, And he's composed of harshness. Shak. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Pope.

 

Syn. -- Acrimony; roughness; sternness; asperity; tartness. See Acrimony.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

harsh

harsh |härSH hɑrʃ | ▶adjective 1 unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses: drenched in a harsh white neon light | harsh guttural shouts. 2 cruel or severe: a time of harsh military discipline. • (of a climate or conditions ) difficult to survive in; hostile: the harsh environment of the desert. • (of reality or a fact ) grim and unpalatable: the harsh realities of the world news. • having an undesirably strong effect: she finds soap too harsh and drying. DERIVATIVES harsh en |-SHən |verb, harsh ly adverb, harsh ness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Middle Low German harsch ‘rough, ’ literally ‘hairy, ’ from haer ‘hair. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

harsh

harsh |hɑːʃ | ▶adjective 1 unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses: drenched in a harsh white neon light | harsh guttural shouts. 2 cruel or severe: a time of harsh military discipline. • (of a climate or conditions ) difficult to survive in; hostile: the harsh environment of the desert. • (of reality or a fact ) grim and unpalatable: the harsh realities of the world news. • having an undesirably strong effect: she finds soap too harsh and drying. DERIVATIVES harshen verb, harshly adverb, harshness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Middle Low German harsch ‘rough ’, literally ‘hairy ’, from haer ‘hair ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

harsh

harsh adjective 1 a harsh voice: grating, jarring, rasping, strident, raucous, brassy, discordant, unharmonious, unmelodious; screeching, shrill; rough, coarse, hoarse, gruff, croaky. ANTONYMS soft, dulcet. 2 harsh colors: glaring, bright, dazzling; loud, garish, gaudy, lurid, bold. ANTONYMS subdued. 3 his harsh rule over them: cruel, savage, barbarous, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannical, tyrannous; ruthless, merciless, pitiless, relentless, unmerciful; severe, strict, intolerant, illiberal, iron-fisted; hard-hearted, heartless, unkind, inhuman, inhumane. ANTONYMS kind, enlightened. 4 they took harsh measures to end the crisis: severe, stringent, draconian, firm, stiff, hard, stern, rigorous, grim, uncompromising; punitive, cruel, brutal. ANTONYMS lenient. 5 harsh words: rude, discourteous, uncivil, impolite; unfriendly, sharp, bitter, abusive, unkind, disparaging; abrupt, brusque, curt, gruff, short, surly, offhand. ANTONYMS friendly. 6 harsh conditions: austere, grim, spartan, hard, comfortless, inhospitable, stark, bleak, desolate. ANTONYMS comfortable. 7 a harsh winter: hard, severe, cold, bitter, bleak, freezing, icy; arctic, polar, Siberian. ANTONYMS balmy, mild. 8 harsh detergents: abrasive, strong, caustic; coarse, rough. ANTONYMS gentle, mild.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

harsh

harsh adjective 1 his shrill, harsh voice: grating, jarring, grinding, rasping, raspy, strident, raucous, brassy, jangling, metallic, ear-piercing, discordant, dissonant, disagreeable, unharmonious, cacophonous, unmelodious; screeching, shrill, tinny, squeaky, squawking; rough, coarse, guttural, hoarse, gruff, croaky, croaking, growly, growling; rare stridulant. ANTONYMS soft; dulcet. 2 drenched in a harsh white neon light | harsh colours: glaring, bright, dazzling, brilliant; loud, flashy, garish, gaudy, lurid, bold, showy, crude, vulgar. ANTONYMS subdued. 3 during his harsh rule, thousands were exiled: cruel, severe, savage, barbarous, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannical, tyrannous, ruthless, merciless, pitiless, relentless, unrelenting, hard, strict, intolerant, illiberal; hard-hearted, heartless, unkind, inhuman, inhumane, unfeeling, unsympathetic, unmerciful, unpitying; rare suppressive. ANTONYMS enlightened; kind. 4 politicians are taking harsh measures to clear the homeless from the streets: severe, stringent, firm, austere, punitive, draconian, stiff, cruel, brutal, hard, stern, rigid, rigorous, grim, uncompromising, inflexible. ANTONYMS lenient. 5 harsh words are exchanged when tempers get frayed: rude, discourteous, uncivil, impolite, unfriendly, sharp, acerbic, bitter, abusive, unkind, disparaging; abrupt, brusque, blunt, curt, gruff, short, surly, ungracious, disrespectful, ill-mannered, bad-mannered, offhand. ANTONYMS friendly. 6 the harsh conditions of the refugee camps: austere, grim, spartan, hard, rough, severe, comfortless, inhospitable, stark; bleak, desolate, barren, bitter, wild. ANTONYMS comfortable. 7 a harsh winter: hard, severe, cold, bitter, bitterly cold, bleak, freezing, icy, icy-cold, arctic, polar, Siberian, glacial, extreme, nasty. ANTONYMS balmy. 8 harsh cleaners scratch stains away: abrasive, strong, caustic; coarse, rough, bristly, hairy, scratchy. ANTONYMS mild; smooth.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

harsh

harsh /hɑː r ʃ /〖語源は 「毛深い (hairy )」〗形容詞 ～er ; ～est 1 〈状況 気候などが 〉厳しい , 過酷な ; 〈現実 事実が 〉厳しい .2 〈音 光 色 味などが 〉不快な , きつすぎる ; 〈形 風景などが 〉不格好な, 不快な ▸ harsh sunlight 明るすぎる日光 3 〈批判 罰 態度などが 〉【人などに 】厳しい , 残酷な ; 〈行為 話しぶりなどが 〉無情な «to , with » ▸ harsh criticism 厳しい批判 .4 〈洗剤 石けんなどが 〉きつい, 強すぎる .5 (手触りが )ざらざらした , 粗い (rough )▸ a harsh towel 手触りの粗いタオル .

 

harshly

h á rsh ly 副詞 厳しく ; 無情に ; 耳 [目 ]障りに ; 荒く .

 

harshness

h á rsh ness 名詞 U 1 (状況 気候などの )厳しさ .2 (行為 話しぶりなどの )無情 (さ ), 無慈悲 .3 (声 音などの )不快さ, 粗さ .