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harshest
adjective as in rough, crude (to the senses)
Strong match
Weak matches
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- cracked
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- discordant
- dissonant
- disturbing
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- guttural
- hoarse
- incompatible
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- rasping
- raucous
- rugged
- rusty
- screeching
- sour
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unrelenting
Example Sentences
But win or lose, cases like Adkins make a difference by dramatizing some of the harshest effects of state abortion laws.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide” in some of the harshest public criticism of the country by a Saudi official since the start of the war.
Dates on other documents suggest Fred may have taken part in the brutal Long March towards the end of the war, when prisoners were forced to leave the camps without provisions and walk across war-torn Europe during one of the harshest winters on record.
In an editorial, Le Monde, the leading French newspaper, lamented the return of a U.S. leader who “reserves his harshest words for his allies but spares the autocrats, who are seen as partners rather than adversaries.”
Some of the harshest criticism comes from her friends, who describe Stewart as ruthless; they say that people felt abused by her and liken her to a great white shark.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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