"harshness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: harshnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English harsknes; equivalent to harsh + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|harsknes}} Middle English harsknes, {{suffix|en|harsh|ness}} harsh + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} harshness (countable and uncountable, plural harshnesses)
  1. The quality of being harsh. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality of being harsh): gairge [feminine] (Irish), bezpardonowość [feminine] (Polish), bezwzględność [feminine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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