harshness

nouns

the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
abrasiveness, harshness, scratchiness
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the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
harshness, roughness
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the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
cruelness, cruelty, harshness
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excessive sternness
"severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness
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