Harsh vs Flexible - What's the difference?
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Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
Severe or cruel.
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(slang) To negatively criticize.
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(slang) to put a damper on (a mood).
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Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; not stiff or brittle.
Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.
Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.
(chiefly, engineering, and, manufacturing) Something that is flexible.
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As adjectives the difference between harsh and flexible
is that harsh is unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses while flexible is capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; not stiff or brittle.As a verb harsh
is (slang) to negatively criticize.As a noun flexible is
(chiefly|engineering|and|manufacturing) something that is flexible.harsh
English
Adjective
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Antonyms
* genteelVerb
(es)- Quit harshing me already, I said that I was sorry!
- Dude, you're harshing my buzz.
Synonyms
* roughDerived terms
* harshly * harshnessflexible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. -
- Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. - .
- Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible . -
- This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. -Rogers.
Synonyms
* bendsome * ductile * inconstant * manageable * obsequious * pliant * pliable * supple * tractable * waveringDerived terms
* flexibly * flexiblenessSee also
* foldableNoun
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