different between harsh vs hardened

English

Etymology

From Middle English harsk, harisk(e), hask(e), herris. Century derived the term from Old Norse harskr (whence Danish harsk (“rancid”), dialectal Norwegian hersk, Swedish härsk); the Middle English Dictionary derives it from that and Middle Low German harsch (“rough”, literally “hairy”) (whence also German harsch), from haer (“hair”); the Oxford Dictionary of English derives it from Middle Low German alone.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /h???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h???/
• Rhymes: -??(?)?

Adjective

harsh (comparative harsher, superlative harshest)

1. Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
2. Severe or cruel.

Antonyms

• genteel

Translations

Verb

harsh (third-person singular simple present harshes, present participle harshing, simple past and past participle harshed)

1. (intransitive, slang) To negatively criticize.
2. (transitive, slang) to put a damper on (a mood).

Synonyms

• rough

Derived terms

• harshly
• harshness

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h??dn?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??dn?d/
• Hyphenation: hard?ened

Verb

hardened

1. simple past tense and past participle of harden

Adjective

hardened (comparative more hardened, superlative most hardened)

1. Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience; callous.

   The bloody scene could reduce even the most hardened soldier to tears.

2. Firmly established or unlikely to change; inveterate.
3. (computing, military) Having extra defences against attack; highly fortified.

   a hardened air base

   a hardened server

Derived terms

• battle-hardened
• radiation-hardened
• unhardened

Translations

Anagrams

• adherend, deharden