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• n  the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
• n  the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
• n  the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
• n  excessive sternness
  the harshness of his punishment was inhuman

• Uruguayan wine producers find ways of reducing the Tannat grape's typical harshness.
• Roth tirelessly and unflinchingly records the daily damage that the harshness of slum life inflicts on David's quiveringly receptive, emotionally defenseless consciousness; as a .
• I found him unwilling to show any harshness.

• abrasiveness
• scratchiness
• roughness
• cruelty
• cruelness
• severity
• severeness
• rigor
• rigour
• rigorousness
• rigourousness
• inclemency
• hardness
• stiffness

News & Articles

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• President-elect Rohani addresses Iranians
  Iranian president-elect Hassan Rohani has told Iranians: "I will remain faithful to the promises I made to you." ISNA reports that the winner of the presidential race announced to the public: "This is the victory of wisdom, the victory of moderation, the victory of growth and awareness, the victory of religious commitment over extremism and harshness."
  June 16, 2013 - Payvand Iran News

Quotes

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• President Bush in International Herald Tribune
  Asked about the report, Bush said: "The first I heard of this is when I read it in the newspaper. I guess I was taken aback by the harshness of the words."
• Larry Sabato in FOXNews
  Maybe the harshness of politics has spread to other realms,said Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia political scientist. "I guess you could say it's open season on anybody in public life."
• Henrik Sedin in The Associated Press
  Australia has achieved and preserved that wonderful balance by shunning the harshness of the American social security system that leaves too many people out in the cold, it has avoided the ultra-paternalism of the European social security system... John Howard http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFDkwfWMg8IAUPTl_zgAMfcDWHY9A The Age http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.theage.com.au/news/federal-election-2007-news/stronger-prouder-richer/2007/11/22/1195321922518.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEcfK2iLo5kTICdoOQKDRYFrsa8OQ Nov 21, 2007 45699 62178 hart I thought the Hart was going to be really, really tough. I thought that was going to be out of the question," Sedin said. "Maybe the (Ted Lindsay Award), but I'm happy. I'll take this."