<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners</li><li>grim or unpleasantly severe; stern; cruel; austere: a harsh life; a harsh master</li><li>physically uncomfortable; desolate; stark: a harsh land</li><li>unpleasant to the ear; grating; strident: a harsh voice; a harsh sound</li><li>unpleasantly rough, ragged, or coarse to the touch: a harsh surface</li><li>jarring to the eye or to the esthetic sense; unrefined; crude; raw: harsh colors</li><li>unpleasant to the taste or sense of smell; bitter; acrid: a harsh flavor; a harsh odor</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>bad-tempered</li><li>acrimonious</li><li>brutal</li><li>unkind</li><li>unfeeling</li><li>hard</li><li>brusque</li><li>rough</li><li>unharmonious</li><li>dissonant</li><li>discordant</li></ul>