harsh
IPA: hˈɑrʃ
noun
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive, slang) To negatively criticize.
- (transitive, slang) To put a damper on (a mood).
adjective
- Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
- Severe or cruel.
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Examples of "harsh" in Sentences
- They treated the coltish harsh.
- It is harsh and wiry in texture.
- The impact of the border was harsh.
- The climate in the village is very harsh.
- That's the whole point of the harsh sanction.
- By most accounts, he was irascible and harsh.
- Criticism ranges from the harsh to the approving.
- Conditions within the city are oppressive and harsh.
- The fate of the degenerate artists was varied, but harsh.
- LA Times: Detainee says he lied to CIA in harsh interrogations
- The benevolent man reproved the keeper for what he called harsh words.
- The natural climatic conditions in the region are very harsh and extreme.
- So why did the CIA destroy videotapes that reportedly show what they called harsh techniques, harsh interrogation techniques?
- JOHN KING, SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Don't know if I use the term harsh battle, but Many think the president has to strike a new tone in the relationships.
- CNN -- Hundreds of California prisoners remain on hunger strike in protest of what they describe as their harsh treatment, though state authorities and inmate-rights advocates differed over the numbers involved.
- Last September, thousands of blacks descended on Jena, La., to protest what they called the harsh charging of six African-American high-school students by a local prosecutor for the serious beating of a white classmate.
- BLITZER: You know, governor, a lot of Democrats, a lot of Gore supporters have been complaining about what they describe as harsh rhetoric coming from you, from Karen Hughes, the communication director for Governor Bush.
- On Monday, three Americans freed after being held in Iran lent their support to the Occupy movement, applauding its participants' idealism and activism while making a specific point to protest what they call the harsh treatment of state prisoners in California.
- For them to even advocate individual boycotts is hypocritical, given that Mexico, which they refuse to even criticize about its immigration policies, has much harsher restrictions on immigration than Arizona (reflected in harsh prison sentences) — and on not just illegal aliens (as in Arizona) but legal aliens as well (restricting the civil liberties and political rights of legal aliens).
- From your original post where you said: “certain harsh American critics of Israel, who surely think of themselves as enlightened people with no prejudice against Jews, could launch certain types of venomous attacks against Jewish supporters of Israel” one might think that the phrase “who surely think of themselves as enlightened people with no prejudice” sort of suggest that that is not thecase.