Harsh vs Painful - 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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Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person).
Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.
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Harsh is a related term of painful.
As adjectives the difference between harsh and painful
is that harsh is unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses while painful is causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.As a verb harsh
is (slang) to negatively criticize.harsh
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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 * harshnesspainful
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(wikipedia painful)Alternative forms
* painfull (archaic)Adjective
(en-adj)- The men bestow their times in fishing, hunting, warres, and such manlike exercises, scorning to be seene in any woman-like exercise, which is the cause that the women be very painefull , and the men often idle.
- For twenty generations, here was the earthly arena where painful living men worked out their life-wrestle
