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2harrow verb 1 : to cultivate with a harrow

2 : to cause distress or suffering to : TORMENT

Synonyms

afflict, agonize, bedevil, curse, martyr, persecute, plague, rack, torment, torture—more at AFFLICT

harrowing adjective : acutely distressing or painful

Synonyms

agonizing, bitter, cruel, excruciating, galling, grievous, harsh, hurtful, painful, tortuous—more at BITTER

har·rumph verb : to comment disapprovingly as though clearing the throat

har·ry verb har·ried; har·ry·ing 1 : RAID, PILLAGE

2 : to torment by or as if by constant attack

harsh adjective 1 : disagreeably rough

2 : causing discomfort or pain

3 : unduly exacting : SEVERE

4 : lacking in aesthetic appeal or refinement

Synonyms

[2] bitter, brutal, burdensome, cruel, excruciating, grievous, grim, hard, heavy, inhuman, murderous, onerous, oppressive, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, tough, trying; also austere, bleak, discomforting, forbidding, hostile, inhospitable, uncomfortable; biting, inclement, intemperate; rigorous, strict, stringent; agonizing, heartbreaking, heartrending, painful, wretched; crushing, grinding, overwhelming, wearing; insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unbearable, unendurable; harrowing, tortuous; bad, disagreeable, hostile, unpleasant, unfriendly

Antonyms

easy, light, soft

[3] austere, authoritarian, flinty, hard, heavy-handed, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, strict—more at SEVERE

[4] grotesque, unaesthetic; also flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, tawdry; tacky, tasteless, vulgar; inartistic, unartistic; artless, clumsy, crude, graceless, inelegant, rude; uncouth, uncultured, unrefined; disgusting, gross, obscene, repugnant, repulsive, ugly; disagreeable, jolting, unpleasant, unpleasing; blaring, clashing, discordant, dissonant, inharmonious, jangling, raucous, unmelodious, unmusical; bizarre, kinky, odd, outlandish, shocking

Antonyms

aesthetic

harsh·en verb : to make or become harsh <~ed his voice>

harsh·ly adverb : in a harsh manner

Synonyms

hard, hardly, ill, oppressively, roughly, severely, sternly, stiffly—more at HARDLY

harsh·ness noun : the quality or state of being harsh

Synonyms

acidity, acrimony, acuteness, asperity, bite, bitterness, edge, keenness, pungency, sharpness, tartness

hardness, inflexibility, rigidity, severity, sternness, strictness—more at SEVERITY

hart noun, chiefly British

: STAG

1harum–scarum adjective : RECKLESS, IRRESPONSIBLE

2harum–scarum adverb : in a rash or heedless way

Synonyms

amok, berserk, frantically, hectically, helter-skelter, madly, pell-mell, wild, wildly—more at HELTER-SKELTER

1harvest noun 1 : the season for gathering in crops; also : the act of gathering in a crop

2 : a mature crop

3 : the product or reward of effort

2harvest verb 1 : to gather in a crop : REAP

2 : to gather, hunt, or kill (as deer) for human use or population control

— har·vest·er noun

Synonyms

gather, pick, reap; also clam, fish, shrimp, seal, whale; accumulate, garner; glean; cut, hay, mow; bag, capture, hunt, net, snare, trap; crop, grow, raise

has present 3d singular of HAVE

has–been noun : one that has passed the peak of ability, power, effectiveness, or popularity

1hash verb [ORIGIN: F hacher, fr. OF hachier, fr. hache battle-ax, of Gmc origin]

1 : to chop into small pieces

2 : to talk about — often used with over or out

3 : to make a confused muddle of

Synonyms

[1] chop, mince—more at CHOP

usually hash over [2] argue, chew over, debate, discuss, dispute, moot, talk over—more at DISCUSS

2hash noun 1 : chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned

2 : a mass of things mingled together without order or plan : HODGEPODGE, JUMBLE

Synonyms

assortment, clutter, hodgepodge, jumble, litter, medley, miscellany, motley, muddle, mélange, potpourri, rummage, scramble, shuffle, tumble, variety, welter—more at MISCELLANY

3hash noun : HASHISH

hash browns noun plural : boiled potatoes that