harshness (n.)
- abruptness
- acerbity
- acidity
- acidulousness
- acridity
- acrimony
- acuteness
- aggressiveness
- animality
- aphonia
- asperity
- astringency
- atrocity
- austerity
- authoritarianism
- barbarism
- barbarity
- barbarousness
- baseness
- beastliness
- bite
- bitterness
- bloodlust
- bluntness
- boorishness
- brashness
- brusqueness
- brutality
- bumpiness
- cacophony
- choppiness
- clamor
- clash
- clumsiness
- coarseness
- contemptibility
- contrariety
- croak
- crow
- crudeness
- cruelty
- curtness
- despicability
- despicableness
- destructiveness
- discipline
- discord
- disgustingness
- dryness
- dysarthria
- dyslogia
- dysphasia
- dysphemism
- dysphonia
- edge
- extremity
- falsetto
- ferociousness
- fierceness
- force
- foulness
- fulsomeness
- furiousness
- gracelessness
- granulation
- grimness
- grip
- grossness
- gruffness
- hardness
- hatefulness
- heartlessness
- heaviness
- heinousness
- hiss
- hoarseness
- huskiness
- ignobility
- impetuosity
- impropriety
- impurity
- inclemency
- incorrectness
- indecorousness
- inelegance
- inequality
- inexorableness
- infelicity
- inhumanity
- intensity
- irregularity
- jaggedness
- jangle
- jar
- keenness
- lisp
- loathsomeness
- malignity
- mercilessness
- meticulousness
- mindlessness
- mordacity
- murderousness
- nasalization
- nastiness
- noise
- noisomeness
- nonuniformity
- noxiousness
- objectionableness
- obnoxiousness
- obscenity
- odiousness
- offensiveness
- piquancy
- pitilessness
- poignancy
- point
- pompousness
- ponderousness
- pungency
- putridity
- putridness
- quaver
- raggedness
- regimentation
- relentlessness
- repugnance
- repulsiveness
- rigor
- rottenness
- roughness
- rudeness
- ruggedness
- ruthlessness
- savagery
- scratchiness
- sesquipedality
- severity
- shake
- sharpness
- shortness
- sibilation
- sourness
- sternness
- sting
- strictness
- stridency
- stringency
- surliness
- tartness
- tastelessness
- teeth
- terrorism
- thickness
- tooth
- toughness
- tremor
- trenchancy
- truculence
- turbulence
- turgidity
- twang
- ugliness
- uncouthness
- unevenness
- unfeelingness
- ungracefulness
- unmercifulness
- unseemliness
- unwieldiness
- unyieldingness
- vandalism
- vehemence
- venom
- viciousness
- vileness
- violence
- virulence
- vulgarism
- vulgarity
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance,
As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
'T is not enough no harshness gives offence,—
The sound must seem an echo to the sense.
