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harshness

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harshness

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From Middle English harsknes; equivalent to harsh + -ness.

noun harshnesses

  1. countable, uncountable The quality of being harsh. And yet these harshnesses are tenderness itself when compared with the universal harshness out of which they grow; the harshness of the position towards the temperament, of the means towards the aims, of to-day towards yesterday, of hereafter towards to-day.

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noun quality of being harsh

हिन्दीक्रूरता krūrtā
العربيةجَلَافَة jalāfa

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@misc{harshness_2026,
  title = {harshness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/harshness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}