Harsher Synonyms and Antonyms

Severe
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. severer
  2. harder
  3. rougher
  4. bitterer
Cold and forbidding
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. starker
  2. severer
  3. harder
  4. grimmer
  5. bleaker
Of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. sourer
  2. stricter
  3. sterner
  4. hoarser
  5. tougher
  6. cruder
  7. severer
  8. starker
  9. flatter
  10. coarser
  11. rougher
  12. raspier
  13. nastier
  14. meaner
  15. sharper
  16. harder
  17. gruffer
  18. grimmer
  19. crueller
  20. blunter
  21. bitterer
Antonyms:
  1. finer
Unpleasantly stern
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. rougher
  2. scratchier
  3. gruffer
  4. raspier
  5. hoarser
Antonyms:
  1. kinder
  2. friendlier
  3. politer
  4. nicer
Having a noticeably sharp pungent taste or smell
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. sourer
  2. bitterer
Rough, crude (to the senses)
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. rougher
  2. craggier
  3. coarser
Antonyms:
  1. smoother
  2. easier
  3. gentler
  4. milder
  5. softer

Words Related to Harsher

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Harsher Sentence Examples

  • His words came out harsher than he intended.

  • The wind was harsher, colder than it was just a few minutes ago.

  • One town was taken by storm; another submitted on terms harsher or Saracen more favourable.

  • The harsher measures which about that time began to be adopted towards his co-religionists in France are usually assigned as the motive of this step. He now devoted himself during six years to the production of lenses of enormous focal distance, which, mounted on high poles, and connected with the eye-piece by means of a cord, formed what were called "aerial telescopes."

  • Instead, life becomes increasingly harsher for the ordinary person.

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