harsh
/hɑːʃ/
US pronunciation
American sound/hɑːʃ/
harsh
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US voice -> harsh
Myanmar meaning
(adj) ကြမ်းတမ်းသော။စူးဝါးသော။စူးရှသော။စူးသော။စူးရသော။ ရက်စက်သော။ပြင်းထန်သော။ ပြင်းထန်သော။ကြမ်းတမ်းသော။
Full entry
၁။ ကြမ်းတမ်းသော။ စူးဝါးသော။ စူးရှသော။ စူးသော။ စူးရဲသော။ a harsh texture/ voice/ light/ colour ❍ be harsh to the ear/ eye/ touch.
၂။ (က) ရက်စက်သော။ ပြင်းထန်သော။ a harsh judge/ sentence/ punishment ❍ harsh criticisms.
(ခ) of weather or living conditions) ပြင်းထန်သော။ ကြမ်းတမ်းသော။ a harsh climate ❍ harsh prison conditions ❍ We have to face up to the harsh realities of life. harshly adv : be harshly treated. harshness n [U]
More examples
- The harsh environment of the desert
- Ilie remembers the harsh living conditions in Romania.
- Harsh words were spoken in the dressing room after the match.
- The judge is known for his harsh sentences.
- [harsh on] : The law has been harsher on soldiers than it has on civilians.
- He had a loud harsh voice.
- The harsh glare of a naked light bulb
- This was Tim’s first experience of the harsh realities of life.
- Harsh cleaning chemicals
Synonyms
cruel, unkind, unsympathetic, insensitive, callous, ruthless, inconsiderate, unforgiving, severe, strict, abusive, acrid, asperous, astringent, austere, battle-ax, battleax, battleaxe, bitter, blaring, bleak, brutal, cacophonous, caterwauling, clashing, coarse, comfortless, cracked, craggy, creaking, critical, croaking, cussed, disagreeing, discordant, discourteous, dissonant, disturbing, dour, earsplitting, exacting, fishwife, flat, glaring, grating, grim, gruff, guttural, hairy, hard, hard-boiled, hard-nosed, hard-shell, hoarse, incompatible, inhospitable, jagged, jangling, jangly, jarring, loud, mean, nasty, noisy, not smooth, off-key, out-of-key, out-of-tune, pitiless, punitive, rasping, raucous, relentless, rigid, rough, rude, rugged, rusty, screeching, sharp, sour, stark, stern, strident, stridulous, stringent, termagant, tough, tuneless, uncivil, uneven, unfeeling, ungracious, unlevel, unmelodious, unmusical, unpleasant, unrelenting, wicked
Antonyms
agreeable, bland, bright, calm, cheerful, compassionate, considerate, courteous, easy, facile, flexible, friendly, gentle, giving, good, inexact, kind, lenient, low, merciful, mild, moderate, nice, peaceful, pleasant, pleasing, pliable, pliant, polite, smooth, soft, sunny, sympathetic, tolerant, wonderful, yielding
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