Qualities
Synonyms for harsh
Synonyms for harsh: rough and coarse. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for harsh
Interchangeable with harsh in this sense
Audited under harsh's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one harsh carries in that sense.
- roughadjective, in the sense "unkind or cruel or uncivil"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name harsh as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- coarsecoarse is an adjective in the sense "of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles"
one of these comes from harsh's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
unkind or cruel or uncivil
A harsh and unlovable old tyrant.
The true synonym
rough
Same sentence, swapped: A rough and unlovable old tyrant.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where harsh stands in the sentence above.
- strict
- stark
- choking
Where harsh turns up in the game
harsh is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where harsh is the trap
- aggressiveadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is belligerent, in the sense "characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight", and harsh is one of the three tiles that lose.
- capriciousadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is fickle, in the sense "given to sudden, unpredictable changes", and harsh is on the board beside it.
- exhaustingadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is draining, in the sense "having a debilitating effect", and harsh is on the board beside it.
- roughadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is pugnacious, in the sense "ready and able to resort to force or violence", so harsh is there to be ruled out.
Play harsh
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so harsh reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other qualities words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
harsh is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 4. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.