We found 3 definitions of harshnesses from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: harshnesses |
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harshness - the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions | ||
abrasiveness, scratchiness | ||
raggedness, roughness shabbiness by virtue of being in rags | ||
harshness - the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses | ||
roughness | ||
unpleasantness the quality of giving displeasure; "the recent unpleasantness of the weather" | ||
harshness - excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" | ||
severity, severeness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness | ||
sternness, strictness uncompromising resolution | ||
harshness - the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance | ||
cruelty, cruelness | ||
malevolency, malevolence, malice the quality of threatening evil | ||
ferociousness, viciousness, brutality, savagery the trait of extreme cruelty |