harsh

“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.