Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: hard
- Amharic: አዳዲስ
- Arabic: قاسية
- Azerbaijani: sərt
- Bashkir: ҡырыҫ
- Belarusian: суровы
- Bulgarian: строг
- Bengali: কঠোর
- Bosnian: grubo
- Catalan: dura
- Cebuano: mapintas nga
- Czech: drsné
- Welsh: llym
- Danish: barske
- German: hart
- Greek: σκληρή
- Esperanto: severa
- Spanish: duras
- Estonian: karm
- Basque: latza
- Persian: خشن
- Finnish: ankara
- French: dure
- Irish: harsh
- Scottish Gaelic: s
- Galician: dura
- Gujarati: કઠોર
- Hebrew: קשה
- Hindi: कठोर
- Croatian: strog
- Haitian: piman bouk
- Hungarian: durva
- Armenian: խիստ
- Indonesian: keras
- Icelandic: erfiðar
- Italian: dura
- Japanese: 厳しい
- Javanese: atos
- Georgian: მკაცრი
- Kazakh: суровый
- Khmer: ក្រ
- Kannada: ಕಠಿಣ
- Korean: 가혹한
- Kyrgyz: суровый
- Latin: dura
- Luxembourgish: hart
- Lao: harsh
- Lithuanian: atšiaurių
- Latvian: skarbi
- Malagasy: henjana
- Mari: йӱштӧ
- Maori: pakeke
- Macedonian: суровата
- Malayalam: പരുഷമായ
- Mongolian: хатуу
- Marathi: असह्य
- Hill Mari: суровый
- Malay: keras
- Maltese: ħarxa
- Burmese: ကြမ်းကြမ်းတမ်းတမ်း
- Nepali: कठोर
- Dutch: harde
- Norwegian: tøffe
- Punjabi: ਕਠੋਰ
- Papiamento: duru
- Polish: surowy
- Portuguese: dura
- Romanian: dure
- Russian: суровый
- Sinhalese: කටුක
- Slovak: kruté
- Slovenian: kruto
- Albanian: ashpër
- Serbian: сурова
- Sundanese: kasar
- Swedish: hårda
- Swahili: wakali
- Tamil: கடுமையான
- Telugu: కఠినమైన
- Tajik: суровый
- Thai: รุนแรง
- Tagalog: malupit
- Turkish: sert
- Tatar: кырыс
- Udmurt: уродъясько
- Ukrainian: суворий
- Urdu: سخت
- Uzbek: keskin
- Vietnamese: khắc nghiệt
- Xhosa: harsh
- Yiddish: האַרב
- Chinese: 恶劣
Synonyms, close and similar words for harsh
- stern
- sharp
- steep
- sudden
- abrasive
- grating
- hardish
- tight
- rigid
- hard
- flinty
- rude
- coarse
- rugged
- stark
- drastic
- abrupt
- dramatic
- jarring
- strident
- severe
- strict
- rigorous
- austere
- unforgiving
- stringent
- brutal
- cruel
- inhuman
- murderous
- oppressive
- stiff
- tough
- rough
- violent
- fierce
- inclement
- unpleasant
- bad
- distasteful
- displeasing
- unpalatable
- inhospitable
- dour
- grim
- brusque
- heavy
- onerous
- bleak
- bitter
- astringent
- nasty
- disagreeable
- wicked
- painful
- trying
- grievous
- sour