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overharsh

overharsh adjective: excessively harsh.

Adjective

overharsh (comparative more overharsh, superlative most overharsh)

  1. Excessively harsh.
    • Does that seem an overharsh judgment on a life spent ordering supersize cokes, buckets of fries and vats of gelato?2015 July 11, Jeanette Winterson, “Jeanette Winterson: why I fasted for 11 days”, in The Guardian

Forms of overharsh

comparativemore overharsh
superlativemost overharsh

Origin of overharsh

From over- + harsh.

Questions about overharsh

What does overharsh mean?
Overharsh means excessively harsh.
What part of speech is overharsh?
Overharsh is an adjective.

Words near overharsh in the dictionary

  1. overhardening
  2. overhardens
  3. overhardly
  4. overhardness
  5. overhardy
  6. overharsh
  7. overharshly
  8. overharshness
  9. overharvest
  10. overharvested
  11. overharvesting

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