harshness

Noun
  1. The roughness of a substance that causes abrasions (synset 104956243)
    is a type of: raggedness, roughness - a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
    same as: abrasiveness, scratchiness
  2. The quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses (synset 104995915)
    is a type of: unpleasantness - the quality of giving displeasure
    subtypes: gruffness, hoarseness, huskiness - a throaty harshness
    same as: roughness
  3. The quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance (synset 104852706)
    is a type of: malevolence, malevolency, malice - the quality of threatening evil
    subtypes:
    same as: cruelness, cruelty
  4. Excessive sternness (synset 104647089)
    "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
    is a type of: sternness, strictness - uncompromising resolution
    same as: hardness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness

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