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Search phrase: harsh

Plays

 33 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW II.iii.189A most harsh one, and not to be understoodA most harsh one, and not to bee vnderstoode
Antony and CleopatraAC I.i.45Let's not confound the time with conference harsh.Let's not confound the time with Conference harsh;
Antony and CleopatraAC II.vi.54What counts harsh Fortune casts upon my face,What counts harsh Fotune cast's vpon my face,
CoriolanusCor IV.v.62.1And harsh in sound to thine.And harsh in sound to thine.
CymbelineCym III.iv.134With that harsh, noble, simple nothing,With that harsh, noble, simple nothing:
CymbelineCym V.iv.83Upon a valiant race thy harshVpon a valiant Race, thy harsh,
HamletHam III.i.159Like sweet bells jangled, out of time and harsh,Like sweet Bels iangled out of tune, and harsh,
HamletHam III.ii.145.13poisoner woos the Queen with gifts. She seems harshPoysoner Wooes the Queene with Gifts, she seemes loath and vnwilling
HamletHam V.ii.342And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain,And in this harsh world draw thy breath in paine,
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.i.177Yet oftentimes it doth present harsh rage,Yet oftentimes it doth present harsh Rage,
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.i.49Into the harsh and boisterous tongue of war,Into the harsh and boystrous Tongue of Warre?
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.312As curst, as harsh, and horrible to hear,As curst, as harsh, and horrible to heare,
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.i.86That Clarence is so harsh, so blunt, unnatural,That Clarence is so harsh, so blunt vnnaturall,
Henry VIIIH8 IV.ii.95.1They are harsh and heavy to me.They are harsh and heauy to me.
King Edward IIIE3 II.ii.59To trouble heaven with such harsh resounds.To trouble heauen wrth such harsh resounds,
King JohnKJ IV.ii.150To whom he sung, in rude harsh-sounding rhymes,To whom he sung in rude harsh sounding rimes,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.289They will digest this harsh indignity.They will digest this harsh indignitie.
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.919The words of Mercury are harsh after the songsThe Words of Mercurie, / Are harsh after the songs
The Merchant of VeniceMV IV.i.123Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew,Not on thy soale: but on thy soule harsh Iew
OthelloOth V.ii.117And sweet revenge grows harsh.And sweet Reuenge growes harsh.
PericlesPer I.i.86Hell only danceth at so harsh a chime.Hell onely daunceth at so harsh a chime:
PericlesPer II.iii.97Loud music is too harsh for ladies' heads,Lowd Musicke is too harsh for Ladyes heads,
Richard IIR2 I.iii.135With harsh-resounding trumpets' dreadful bray,With harsh resounding Trumpets dreadfull bray,
Richard IIR2 III.iv.74How dares thy harsh rude tongue sound this unpleasing news?How dares thy harsh rude tongue sound this vnpleasing newes
Richard IIIR3 I.i.65That tempers him to this extremity.That tempts him to this harsh Extremity.
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.360Plain and not honest is too harsh a style.Plaine and not honest, is too harsh a style.
Romeo and JulietRJ III.v.28Straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharps.Straining harsh Discords, and vnpleasing Sharpes.
The Taming of the ShrewTS III.ii.104Tedious it were to tell, and harsh to hear – Tedious it were to tell, and harsh to heare,
The Taming of the ShrewTS V.ii.182But a harsh hearing when women are froward.But a harsh hearing, when women are froward,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.i.59The cygnet's down is harsh, and spirit of senseThe Cignets Downe is harsh, and spirit of Sense
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.ii.94And mar the concord with too harsh a descant.And marre the concord, with too harsh a descant:
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG III.i.208For they are harsh, untuneable, and bad.For they are harsh, vn-tuneable, and bad.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.i.104At simpering sirs that did; I have been harshAt simpring Sirs that did: I have beene harsh

Poems

 3 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
SonnetsSonn.11.10 Harsh, featureless, and rude, barrenly perish: Harsh, featurelesse, and rude, barrenly perrish,
Venus and AdonisVen.134 Ill-nurtured, crooked, churlish, harsh in voice, Il-nurtur'd, crooked, churlish, harsh in voice,
Venus and AdonisVen.431 Melodious discord, heavenly tune harsh sounding, Mellodious discord, heauenly tune harsh sounding,

Glossary

 30 result(s).
bluntrough, harsh, unsparing
chidebrusquely command, drive [away] with harsh words
churlishviolent, rough, harsh
crabbedharsh, unpalatable, bitter
drysevere, hard, harsh
flintyhard, harsh, tough
foulharsh, rough, hard
hardunpleasant, harsh, cruel
hardnesshardship, adversity, harsh situation
ill-tunedharsh-sounding, unmelodious
knockhard blow, harsh stroke, buffet
raggedrough, harsh
roughviolent, harsh, cruel
rudeviolent, harsh, unkind
rude[of wind or water] stormy, turbulent, harsh
ruderough, wild, harsh-looking
rudelyviolent, rough, harsh
sharpsevere, harsh, merciless
shrewdharsh, hard, severe
soresevere, harsh, heavy
soreviolent, harsh, dreadful
sourbitter, harsh, painful
sterncruel, malevolent, harsh
straitstringent, strict, harsh
strictharsh, cruel, unrelenting
ungentleharsh, violent, cruel
unhappyobjectionable, harsh, bad-tempered
unkindhostile, cruel, harsh
weightyrigorous, severe, harsh
winterlyharsh, cheerless, unpleasant

Thesaurus

 32 result(s).
drive away with harsh wordschide
harshblunt
harshchurlish
harshcrabbed
harshdry
harshflinty
harshfoul
harshhard
harshragged
harshrough
harshrude
harshrude
harshrudely
harshsharp
harshshrewd
harshsore
harshsore
harshsour
harshstern
harshstrait
harshstrict
harshungentle
harshunhappy
harshunkind
harshweighty
harshwinterly
harsh situationhardness
harsh wordschide
harsh-lookingrude
harsh-soundingill-tuned
stroke, harshknock
words, harshchide

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Words Families

 5 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
HARSHBASICharsh adj, harshly adv, harshness n
HARSHNOISEharsh-resounding adj, harsh-sounding adj

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