harsh

Etymology
From. Century derived the term from (whence 🇨🇬, dialectal 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬); the Middle English Dictionary derives it from that and  (whence also 🇨🇬), from, from , from ; the Oxford Dictionary of English derives it from Middle Low German alone.

Adjective

 * 1) Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
 * 2) Severe or cruel.

Translations

 * Aromanian: ascuru
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ru, grov
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: áspero, esgrevio
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: kova, raju
 * Irish: garg
 * Italian:, , , (taste), , ,  (sound)
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: asper, raucus, immītis
 * Latvian: raupjš, rupjš
 * Maori: kakawa, tīkākā
 * Occitan: ,
 * Old English: āfor
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: ruch
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , , , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese: loma
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: гру́бий, суво́рий,


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: sever, severa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: grov
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, , , ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: severo,, áspero,
 * German:, , , , , , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: χαλεπός, ἀμείλικτος
 * Italian:, , , ,
 * Korean: 냉혹하다
 * Latin:, inclēmēns
 * Maori: kakawa, taimaha, taumaha, toimaha, whakawiri, tuanui
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: āfor
 * Ottoman Turkish: آجی
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, , , ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: жорстки́й
 * Volapük:


 * Albanian: ,
 * Bengali:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * French: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:

Verb

 * 1)  To negatively criticize.
 * 2)  To put a damper on (a mood).
 * 1)  To put a damper on (a mood).
 * 1)  To put a damper on (a mood).
 * 1)  To put a damper on (a mood).

Derived terms

 * harsh down
 * harsh one's mellow

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Occitan:, pessugar, piuçar
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Swahili: ,