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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harshness \Harsh"ness\, n.
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
harshness
n 1: the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions [syn: {abrasiveness},
{scratchiness}]
2: harsh or rough to the ear [syn: {roughness}]
3: the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
[syn: {cruelty}, {cruelness}]
4: excessive sternness; "the severity of his punishment was
inhuman" [syn: {severity}, {inclemency}, {hardness}, {stiffness}]
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