harshness
Definitions
Noun
- The roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
- The quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
- The quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
- Excessive sternness
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "harshness".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happiness | 3 | 23 |
| 2 | helpless | 2 | 21 |
| 3 | humorous | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | harmless | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | hazardous | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | hardness | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | holiness | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | heartless | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | hoarseness | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | hubris | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | hairiness | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | harkless | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | harkness | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | hartless | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | hartness | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | hattusas | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | hellacious | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | hillegass | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | horatius | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | hornless | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | humerous | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | humerus | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "harshness".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | harness | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | marshes | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | freshness | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | hardness | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | harnessed | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | hoarseness | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | sharpness | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | brashness | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | hartness | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | harshest | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | harkness | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | barsness | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | hashes | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | bearishness | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | irishness | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | harnesses | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | hairiness | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | waterishness | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | shyness | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | parness | 2 | 0 |
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Words that are statistically associated with "harshness" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "harshness".
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Term
Definitions: 4
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 22
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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