harshness
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(noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions |
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Synonyms: abrasiveness, scratchiness |
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Related Words: roughness |
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(noun) harsh or rough to the ear |
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Synonyms: roughness |
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Related Words: gruffness, hoarseness, huskiness, quality, timber, timbre, tone |
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(noun) excessive sternness; "the severity of his punishment was inhuman" |
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Synonyms: hardness, inclemency, severity, stiffness |
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Related Words: sternness, strictness |
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(noun) the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance |
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Synonyms: cruelness, cruelty |
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Related Words: bloodthirstiness, brutality, ferociousness, malevolence, malevolency, malice, murderousness, savageness, savagery, viciousness |
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