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harshness
noun
Excessive sternness
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noun
Excessive sternness
“Severity of character”
noun
The quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
noun
The roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
noun
The quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses
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Severity of character
The harshness of his punishment was inhuman
The rigors of boot camp
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