Answer: HARSH
HARSH is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 105 times.
Referring Clues:
- Raspy
- Draconian
- Grating
- Unduly severe
- Like an unfiltered cigarette, maybe
- Like Siberian winters
- Strident
- Severe
- Iron-fisted
- Inclement
- Like an arctic winter
- Like arctic winds
- Hard on the ears
- Like arctic winters
- Like winters in the Arctic
- Like some abrasives
- Acerbic
- Unpleasant to the ear
- Spartan
- Ruthless
- Brutal
- Spartan and ruthless
- Like a drill instructor
- Like a winter in Siberia
- Far from gentle
- Savage
- Astringent
- Like Russian winters
- Like cold, snowy winters
- Tough to endure
- Tough to take
- Jarring to the eye
- Extremely unkind
- Gruff
- Ungentle
- Crueler than necessary
- Abrasive
- Stringent
- Like some criticism
- Like an Alaskan winter
- Not lenient
- Hard-nosed
- Unpleasantly coarse
- Blaring
- Austere
- Stern
- Caustic
- Unnecessarily severe
- Quite rough
- Very severe
- Quite severe
- Coarse
- Not at all gentle
- Unpleasantly severe
- Severe: cruel
- Unforgiving
- Far from kind
- Severe, as weather
- Cruel
- Tyrannical
- Excessively stringent
- Like taskmasters
- Desolate
- Difficult to endure
- Overly severe
- Like some truths
- Acerb
- Like a desert climate
- Strict
- Cold and mercilous
- Like a crow's call
- Unkind
- Not very nice
- Far from mild
- Glaring
- Like bad winters
- Rough, as criticism
- Unpleasant
- Like a rough winter
- Far from lenient
- Rough on the eyes or ears
- Unsparing
- Stark or strict
- Grating to the ear
- Severe, as criticism
- Rough
- Severe, as a punishment
- Tough to hear, as criticism
- Tough on the ears
- Like Minnesota winters
- Like a zero-star review
- Not kind
- Like extreme 41-Across
- Rugged or ragged
- Like Mongolian winters
- "Don't ___ my mellow!"
- More than unpleasant
- Overly strict
- Scathing
- Tough
- "Don't ___ my mellow"
- Rigorous
- Rather severe
- "You're being really critical"
- Overly critical
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - July 16, 2025
- LA Times - May 27, 2025
- USA Today - January 09, 2025
- New York Times - October 23, 2024
- USA Today - September 02, 2024
- LA Times - May 17, 2024
- New York Times - February 28, 2024
- LA Times - July 13, 2023
- USA Today - January 24, 2023
- USA Today - January 19, 2023
- USA Today - December 09, 2022
- New York Times - December 04, 2022
- New York Times - August 13, 2022
- USA Today - August 01, 2022
- New York Times - July 18, 2022
- LA Times - July 16, 2022
- New York Times - May 29, 2022
- LA Times - May 13, 2022
- USA Today - March 14, 2022
- New York Times - December 20, 2021
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