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What is the adjective for harshness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs harshen and harsh which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

harsh
  1. Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
  2. Severe or cruel.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. grating, jarring, glaring, glary, blinding, dazzling, intense, strong, disagreeable, rough, grinding, unaesthetic, coarse, bad, displeasing, grotesque, nasty, uncongenial, unlovely, unpleasant, unpleasing, unwelcome, disturbing, disagreeing, bright, glittering, glimmering, brilliant, glowing, blazing, gleaming, fluorescent, shimmering, extremely bright, pungent, piquant, sharp, stiff, acidic, acrid, bitter, effluvial, sour, spicy, stinging, tangy, acerb, aromatic, biting, fiery … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The harsh light from the sun made little Tommy squint through his glasses.”
      “Some consumers felt that the condiment was particularly harsh on their noses and tastebuds.”
      “He has a powerful, harsh voice that would carry well on a parade ground.”
harshe
  1. Obsolete spelling of harsh
harsher
  1. comparative form of harsh: more harsh
  2. Synonyms:
      3. higher, stronger, fiercer, gustier, more forceful, more intense, more turbulent, more violent, stormier, mightier, ore extreme, squallier, more blustery, more ferocious, more heavy, more potent, more tempestuous, starker, stiffer, acuter, more almighty, more blistering, more boisterous, more crushing, more explosive, more forcible, more powerful, more titanic, more overpowering, more overwhelming, sharper … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It is this filtration that removes some of the harsher flavour in the whiskey, and the end product is a smoother and mellower taste.”
      “Scotland has become a harsher place and our image as a tolerant and open minded nation has taken a severe knock.”
      “Anti-immigrant propaganda has reached a crescendo over the past month, as both parties compete to prove they are harsher on immigration.”
harshest
  1. superlative form of harsh: most harsh
  2. Synonyms:
      3. intensest, strongest, roughest, coarsest, baddest, grotesquest, nastiest, unloveliest, unpleasantest, most jarring, most glaring, most glary, most blinding, most dazzling, most disagreeable, most unaesthetic, most displeasing, most uncongenial, most unpleasing, most unwelcome, most disturbing, sharpest, stiffest, acridest, bitterest, sourest, spiciest, tangiest, acerbest, hottest, pepperiest, richest, tartest, zestiest, zingiest, rottenest, yuckiest, yukkiest, most pungent, most piquant, most acidic, most stinging, most aromatic, most biting, most fiery, most overpowering, most poignant, most spiced, most stinking … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The new rules were widely ridiculed, and this reporter was among the harshest critics.”
      “Furthermore, it is also worth remembering that the harshest outbreaks of anticlericalism came after, not before, Pius's denunciations.”
      “It survives all but the harshest winters, and even then reseeds itself very effectively.”
harshened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of harshen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hardened, strengthened, stiffened, toughened, set, thickened, annealed, solidified, congealed, coagulated, clotted, crystallized, indurated, caked, ossified, petrified, jelled, curdled, fortified, inspissated, firmed, cemented, fixed, fixt, precipitated, crystallised, become solid, gelled, seasoned, frozen, froze, jellied, condensed, tempered, densified, rigidified, concreted, braced, coarsened, steeled, inured, vitrified, buttressed, girt, gelatinized, girded, starched, chilled, candied, amalgamated … more
harshening
  1. present participle of harshen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hardening, strengthening, stiffening, toughening, thickening, annealing, solidifying, setting, congealing, freezing, coagulating, clotting, crystallizing, indurating, caking, ossifying, petrifying, jelling, curdling, fortifying, inspissating, firming, cementing, fixing, precipitating, crystallising, becoming solid, seasoning, tempering, densifying, bracing, concreting, girding, gelatinizing, buttressing, vitrifying, rigidifying, compacting, calcifying, vulcanizing, fossilising, consolidating, settling, pressing, fossilizing, amalgamating, coarsening, steeling, inuring, firming up … more
harshed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of harsh
  2. Synonyms:
      3. criticised, criticized, bashed, disparaged, dissed, knocked, slammed, blasted, castigated, chastised, chid, chided, crucified, denigrated, denunciated, deprecated, flamed, maligned, panned, reprimanded, ripped, savaged, scathed, clobbered, hammered, lambasted, pilloried, rapped, roasted, skewered, slagged, slated, sledged, slugged, zapped, bagged, rubbished, cut down, found fault, had a go at, jumped on, picked to pieces, nagged at, dampened, curbed, deflated, diminished, inhibited, lessened, restrained … more
harshing
  1. present participle of harsh
  2. Synonyms:
      3. criticising, criticizing, bashing, disparaging, dissing, knocking, slamming, blasting, castigating, chastising, chiding, crucifying, denigrating, denunciating, deprecating, flaming, maligning, panning, reprimanding, ripping, savaging, scathing, clobbering, hammering, lambasting, pillorying, rapping, roasting, skewering, slagging, slating, sledging, slugging, zapping, bagging, rubbishing, cutting down, finding fault, having a go at, jumping on, picking to pieces, nagging at, dampening, curbing, deflating, diminishing, inhibiting, lessening, restraining, smothering … more
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