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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Harsh

/(härsh)/ · IPA /hɑɹʃ/
01 a. Rough; disagreeable; grating
  1. 1.
    Rough; disagreeable; grating
  2. 2.
    Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.
    “Clarence is so harsh, so blunt.” — Shak.
    “Though harsh the precept, yet the preacher charmed.” — Dryden.
  3. 3.
    Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony.(Painting, Drawing, etc.)