harshness

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Harshness tempered with naïveté is central to its style and argument.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2024

Harshness in sentencing became a way to soothe the pain of grief-stricken families.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2022

Harshness usually denotes needless severity or an undue measure of severity.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Harshness, tyranny, dissension, and even insult, seemed personified.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 by Burney, Fanny