harshness
(noun)
noun
1. the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
Similar word(s): abrasiveness, scratchiness
Definition categories: attribute, raggedness, roughness
2. the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses
Similar word(s): roughness
Definition categories: attribute, unpleasantness
3. the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
Similar word(s): cruelness, cruelty
Definition categories: attribute, malevolence, malice
4. excessive sternness
- the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
Similar word(s): hardness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, severeness, severity, stiffness
Definition categories: attribute, sternness, strictness