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harshness: the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions; the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses

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short shrift collapse: brief and unsympathetic treatment; a brief and unsympathetic rejection; "they made short shrift of my request"

surliness collapse

stridency collapse

regimentation collapse: the imposition of order or discipline

Babel collapse: a confusion of voices and other sounds

nasalization collapse: the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators

sibilation collapse: pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound

pitilessness collapse: mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity

ugliness collapse: qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses

ruthlessness collapse

ignobility collapse

acridity collapse: the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone; extreme bitterness; "the acridity of alkali"; having an acrid smell

cruelty collapse: a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering; the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance; feelings of extreme heartlessness

curtness collapse

inhumanity collapse

bloodlust collapse: a desire for bloodshed

mordancy collapse

dysphasia collapse: an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage

stringency collapse: a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit

sarcasm collapse: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

barbarity collapse

truculence collapse: obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness

acrimony collapse

terrorism collapse: the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear

bad taste collapse

acerbity collapse: a sharp sour taste; a sharp bitterness

savagery collapse

poignancy collapse

vulgarism collapse

inclemency collapse

asperity collapse: harshness of manner; something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"

meticulousness collapse: strict attention to minute details

falsetto collapse: a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register; artificially high; above the normal voice range; "a falsetto voice"

astringency collapse: the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids; a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker

lisp collapse: a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists; a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'; speak with a lisp

barbarism collapse

vulgarity collapse

acidity collapse: pH values below 7; the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth

sourness collapse: the property of being acidic

vandalism collapse: willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others

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