different between wrinkled vs harsh

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????kl?d/
• Hyphenation: wrink?led

Adjective

wrinkled (comparative more wrinkled, superlative most wrinkled)

1. (of a surface) Uneven, with many furrows and prominent points, often in reference to the skin or hide of animals.

   Synonyms: bewrinkled, rugose, wrinkly; see also Thesaurus:wrinkled

   Antonym: unwrinkled

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Verb

wrinkled

1. simple past tense and past participle of wrinkle

Derived terms

• wrinkled cowry (Nucleolaria nucleus)
• wrinkled frogs (Glandivana spp.)

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

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