(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:04:29

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.

 

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