Textual thesaurus for "harshness"

(noun) rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, inclemency, hardness, stiffness

excessive sternness

severity of character; the harshness of his punishment was inhuman; the rigors of boot camp

(noun) cruelness, cruelty

the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

(noun) abrasiveness, scratchiness

the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions

(noun) roughness

the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses