harsh
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2.9
- adjective
- /hɑrʃ/
- The steep terrain and harsh climate make a challenging climate...
- harsh conditions
- harsh treatment
- a harsh winter
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Watch on YouTubeI for me, when I'm going to work in harsh conditions, it's my feet.
- I for me, when I'm going to work in harsh conditions, it's my feet.
- Would they like the harsh quiet that rains here all winter?
- They struggle to stay alive and well under very harsh conditions.
- Telerods, you know, it's a very harsh terrain out there.
- And to get to that point, you have had to make very harsh decisions.
- Since the fishing world that mentally grows up in is depicted as harsh and dangerous.
- So my grandfather was born and raised in that harsh conditions.
Examples
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Maybe the snows won't be so harsh this late in the winter, and spring will come early.
Fiction book (1996) -
The harsh reality of living in poverty can often lead to feelings of hopelessness.
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Despite their essential work, their lives were harsh and they had little to no rights.
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Yes, but this can take harsh conditions.
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So it was a quite harsh time for for everyone.
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You think you had a harsh life!
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It's the harsh reality of our chosen profession.
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It was a harsh journey, and my mother was pregnant.
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Today, we can hardly imagine how harsh the pre-agricultural existence must have been.
Academic text (2012) -
The task of focusing on those harsh realities fell to the Jamaican Information Services.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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1.1
Needing a lot of effort and often strict or severe
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3.0
Hard and severe, causing problems or danger
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4.2
Very harsh and severe, causing great difficulty or pain
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4.2
Very strict and harsh when judging or punishing people
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4.2
Serious and unfriendly so people feel afraid to approach
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6.3
Harsh and unfair treatment that hurts people
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6.5
Hard to do and leaves you very tired
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6.3
Harsh or hurtful in a way that makes someone feel upset
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9.0
Very bad or difficult and hard to deal with
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7.9
Very harsh and not forgiving when criticizing or acting
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How Harsh
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Etymology
Harsh probably comes from old words that meant 'rough' or 'hoarse', like a hard, unforgiving place with no comfort. That's why we call very severe climates, conditions, or treatment harsh.