(a.) Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.
(a.) Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony.
Example Sentences:
(1) Federal judges who blocked the bans cited harsh rhetoric employed by Trump on the campaign trail , specifically a pledge to ban all Muslims from entering the US and support for giving priority to Christian refugees, as being reflective of the intent behind his travel ban.
(2) The first problem facing Calderdale is sheep-rustling Happy Valley – filmed around Hebden Bridge, with its beautiful stone houses straight off the pages of the Guardian’s Lets Move To – may be filled with rolling hills and verdant pastures, but the reality of rural issues are harsh.
(3) On referral to our clinic, his physical examination and tape recording were characterized by harsh inspiratory stridor.
(4) There are harsh lessons in football and we have learned some over the last week.” Two James Milner penalties and goals from the impressive Adam Lallana, Sadio Mané and Philippe Coutinho took Liverpool’s tally to 24 in eight games.
(5) The tougher external environment in 2015 means that our businesses and functions need to work … to take a number of measures in response to the harsh trading environment,” Dudley said, according to a memo reported by Reuters.
(6) I couldn't shake the harsh words from my head and worried about if, or when, they would spill over into real life.
(7) A former senior CIA official said the secretary of state at the time, Colin Powell, eventually was informed about the program and sat in meetings in which harsh interrogation techniques were discussed.
(8) The results indicate the presence of carbohydrate epitopes buried within collagenous polypeptides that are exposed by harsh denaturing conditions.
(9) Official papers released by the National Archives show that the "wets" – notably Jim Prior, Peter Walker, Ian Gilmour, Mark Carlisle, Lord Soames and Francis Pym – were able to demonstrate that a majority of the cabinet rejected as unnecessarily harsh Sir Geoffrey Howe's demands for further public spending cuts and tax cuts.
(10) We report a case of a 17 year old boy who was referred for evaluation of a large anterior mediastinal mass, causing dyspnea and cough and resulting in a harsh systolic murmur.
(11) I appeal to the king of Saudi Arabia to exercise his power to halt the public flogging by pardoning Mr Badawi, and to urgently review this type of extraordinarily harsh penalty.” Badawi’s case was one of several recent prosecutions of activists.
(12) • Very robust questioning, known as the harsh approach, could be banned – or if not "the approach should not include an analogy with a military drill sergeant".
(13) He said he did not oppose the criminalisation of homosexuality but said imprisonment and the death penalty are too harsh.
(14) Fellow opposition activists and sympathisers took the harsh sentence as a sign that heavy jail terms awaited the rest.
(15) Pledge news: harsh • 26 Jan , Darragh MacAnthony, Peterborough chairman on the "incredibly harsh" abuse by fans of manager Mark Cooper: "Nobody has given the bloke a chance.
(16) But initial fan reaction to the first teaser trailers was harsh.
(17) The probability of skin-galvanic reaction appearance was harshly decreased.
(18) Offshore detention with increased isolation in remote and harsh circumstances exaggerates that adversity.
(19) Pictures of the concentration camps served to reinforce the necessity of the war and its unavoidably harsh economic legacy.
(20) If you're in doubt of the impact this can have, "brand imagery" studies show that when participants smoke the exact same cigarettes presented in lighter coloured packs, or in packs with "mild" in the name, they rate the smoke as lighter and less harsh, simply through the power of suggestion.
Raspy
Definition:
(a.) Like a rasp, or the sound made by a rasp; grating.
Example Sentences:
(1) Danny takes on a high-pitched, raspy tone when he speaks in Tony's voice, and he curls one of his index fingers up and down in time to Tony's lines.
(2) It is the abnormal production of sound, perceived as raspiness, breathiness, harshness, vocal tension, or lower pitched voice.
(3) The clinical signs in both dogs consisted primarily of acute onset, rapid breathing, and raspy lung sounds.
(4) There are different supply limits for in-state and out-of-state customers; different tax rates for medicinal and recreational customers and a host of different strains, tinctures and medibles (“edibles that are medicinal”) that compete with a new concentrated form of marijuana called wax The wide eyes and raspy voices on both sides of the counter suggest locals have less difficulty working out where to start, but visitors looking to consume rather than gawp also have to grapple with a ban on smoking in public places, cars and hotels which has so far mostly prevented the opening of Amsterdam-style coffee shops.
(5) Can we not leave?’” Bakshi, 32, says she feels well whenever she goes abroad, so is certain it is Delhi’s air that makes her chest grow tight and her breathing raspy.
(6) With her raspy voice and brash New York accent, she turned the red carpet of the Oscars, Emmys and Golden Globes into a stalking ground for E!
(7) I also love the original version of Irresistible Bitch , from about 1982, which is a very dark disco tune with growly, raspy vocals.
(8) The raspy-voiced blonde with the brash New York accent was a TV talk show host, stage, film and TV actress, fashion critic, and she sold a line of jewelry.
(9) This systolic murmur is characterised by its exceptional intensity, its raspy character at the base, becoming softer at the apex and in the axilla, the presence of a thrill and irradiation into the neck in 50 to 75% of cases.
(10) Photo, guys?” she asks strangers in a raspy voice.