harsh
/ˈhɑɹʃ/ verb C2- To negatively criticize. · Quit harshing me already, I said that I was sorry!
- To put a damper on (a mood). · Dude, you're harshing my buzz.· They're always harshing on the plan, but we're still going through with it.
He/she/it harshes · Past harshed · Past participle harshed · -ing form harshing
Verb forms
- Base form
- harsh
- He/she/it
- harshes
- Past
- harshed
- Past participle
- harshed
- -ing form
- harshing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Exactly, my daughter; that is precisely what I mean,” said Danglars, almost digging his nails into his breast, while he preserved on his harsh features the smile of the heartless though clever man; “ruined—yes, that is it.”
Oh, Anne, I know I’ve been kind of strict and harsh with you maybe--but you mustn’t think I didn’t love you as well as Matthew did, for all that.
“He was cold, but not harsh.
There is a dry glitter in his eyes and a firm set of his thin lips, which goes with a positive and possibly a harsh nature.
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