harsh
US: /ˈhɑɹʃ/
UK: /hˈɑːʃ/
UK: /hˈɑːʃ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
harsh /hɑ:ʃ/
- tính từ
- thô, ráp, xù xì
- chói (mắt, tai); khó nghe, nghe khó chịu; khàn khàn (giọng)
- chát (vị)
- lỗ mãng, thô bỉ, thô bạo, cục cằn
- gay gắt; khe khắt, ác nghiệt, khắc nghiệt, cay nghiệt; nhẫn tâm, tàn nhẫn
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective (harsher, harshest)
1 cruel, severe and unkind: The punishment was harsh and unfair. + The minister received some harsh criticism. + the harsh treatment of slaves + He regretted his harsh words. + We had to face up to the harsh realities of life sooner or later.
2 (of weather or living conditions) very difficult and unpleasant to live in: a harsh winter / wind / climate + the harsh conditions of poverty which existed for most people at that time
3 too strong and bright; ugly or unpleasant to look at: harsh colours + She was caught in the harsh glare of the headlights. + the harsh lines of concrete buildings
4 unpleasant to listen to: a harsh voice
5 too strong and rough and likely to damage sth: harsh detergents + Ordinary soap can be too harsh for delicate skin.
harshly adverb: She was treated very harshly. + Alec laughed harshly. + His findings have been harshly criticized by fellow scientists.
harshness noun [U]
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 rough, coarse, bristly, scratchy, hairy, crude; hoarse, grating, raucous, rasping, husky, guttural; clashing, inharmonious or unharmonious, discordant, atonal, dissonant, cacophonous, strident, shrill, grinding, sour; bitter, sour, acrid:
He found harsh the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells of the Casbah.
2 stern, austere, bleak, dour, unkind, unfeeling, comfortless, uncompassionate, unfriendly, grim, hard, Spartan, stringent, over-exacting, Draconian, tyrannical, stark, severe, cruel, abusive, punishing, punitive, brutal, brutish, inhuman, merciless, ruthless, pitiless:
Simon is a very harsh taskmaster.
3 unpleasant, disagreeable, impolite, discourteous, uncivil, rude, nasty, curt, abrupt, brusque, bluff, gruff, curmudgeonly, choleric, splenetic, surly, sullen, irascible, short-tempered, petulant, peevish, waspish, grouchy, bilious, cross, acrimonious, sarcastic, acerbic:
Why is Maria so harsh to Alan?
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
appear, be, prove, seem, sound
It may seem harsh to criticize him after his death.
| become
ADV.
exceptionally, extremely, particularly, very | increasingly | a bit, a little, rather, somewhat | unduly, unnecessarily
He accused her of being unduly harsh.
| surprisingly
Concise English dictionary
harsher|harshesthɑrʃ /hɑːʃ
adj.
+unpleasantly stern
+disagreeable to the senses
+of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
+unkind or cruel or uncivil
+severe
+sharply disagreeable; rigorous
