Clues for the word "HARSH"
We've had 126 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 306 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 30, 2025.
Definition of harsh
- a. - Rough; disagreeable; grating
- a. - disagreeable to the touch.
- a. - disagreeable to the taste.
- a. - disagreeable to the ear.
- a. - Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.
- a. - Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony.
Referring Clues
- Raspy
- Draconian
- Grating
- Unduly severe
- Like an unfiltered cigarette, maybe
- Like Siberian winters
- Strident
- Severe
- Iron-fisted
- Inclement
- Like an arctic winter
- Like arctic winds
- Hard on the ears
- Like arctic winters
- Like winters in the Arctic
- Like some abrasives
- Acerbic
- Unpleasant to the ear
- Spartan
- Ruthless
- Brutal
- Spartan and ruthless
- Like a drill instructor
- Like a winter in Siberia
- Far from gentle
- Savage
- Astringent
- Like Russian winters
- Like cold, snowy winters
- Tough to endure
- Tough to take
- Jarring to the eye
- Extremely unkind
- Gruff
- Ungentle
- Crueler than necessary
- Abrasive
- Stringent
- Like some criticism
- Like an Alaskan winter
- Not lenient
- Hard-nosed
- Unpleasantly coarse
- Blaring
- Austere
- Stern
- Caustic
- Unnecessarily severe
- Quite rough
- Very severe
- Quite severe
- Coarse
- Not at all gentle
- Unpleasantly severe
- Severe: cruel
- Unforgiving
- Far from kind
- Severe, as weather
- Cruel
- Tyrannical
- Excessively stringent
- Like taskmasters
- Desolate
- Difficult to endure
- Overly severe
- Like some truths
- Acerb
- Like a desert climate
- Strict
- Cold and mercilous
- Like a crow's call
- Unkind
- Not very nice
- Far from mild
- Glaring
- Like bad winters
- Rough, as criticism
- Unpleasant
- Like a rough winter
- Far from lenient
- Rough on the eyes or ears
- Unsparing
- Abusive, possibly rash after a hasty start
- Rough
- Discordant
- Unpleasantly stern
- Type of criticism or treatment
- Right in a mess? That's tough
- Spartan hothead, unreasonably rash
- Hothead foolishly rash and abusive
- Overly critical
- Cacophonous
- Rough river in a mess
- Redhead, into pot, becomes strident
- Raucous
- Stark or strict
- Grating to the ear
- Severe, as criticism
- Severe, as a punishment
- Stern, severe
- Like Antarctic winds
- Abusive to a hothead, madly rash
- It's tough when you make a mess outright!
- It's tough, making a hash outright!
- Tough to hear, as criticism
- Tough on the ears
- Bitter hothead, wildly rash
- Unfriendly, possibly rash hothead
- Like Minnesota winters
- Like a zero-star review
- Like Siberia's winters
- Not kind
- It's rough being right in a mess!
- It's rough when a raw beginner gets in a mess
- Wildly rash, hot-headed and cruel
- Like extreme 41-Across
- Rugged or ragged
- Like Mongolian winters
- "Don't ___ my mellow!"
- More than unpleasant
- Overly strict
- Scathing
- Tough
- Rigorous
- Rather severe
- "You're being really critical"
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 27, 2025
- Daily American - November 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 09, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 14, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 29, 2025
- LA Times - May 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 26, 2025
- Daily American - April 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 16, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 05, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 08, 2025
- USA Today - January 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 05, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 04, 2024
- Daily American - November 04, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 24, 2024
- New York Times - October 23, 2024
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