harsh language

collocation in English

meaningsofharshandlanguage

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harsh
adjective
uk
/hɑːʃ/us
/hɑːrʃ/
unpleasant, unkind, cruel, or more severe than ...
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language
noun
uk
/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us
/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
a system of communication consisting of sounds, words, ...
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(Definition ofharshandlanguagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofharsh language

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Some sensitive passages in this book assess the relationship between changing state structures and the increasinglyharshlanguageused by village rulers in description of their poorer neighbours.
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It is no use indulging inharshlanguage.
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However, very many distinguished bodies and distinguished people used veryharshlanguageabout the present binary system.
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Somewhatharshlanguagehas been used about this letter.
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To use such words as "a swindle" is certainly to use veryharshlanguage.
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We are now in a period of veryharshlanguageand hostility.
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I do not wish to use anyharshlanguage.
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There was no consultation, and he has been blamed time and again, in the mostharshlanguageand with the utmost severity, because he failed to consult.
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I will not use anyharshlanguage, as it is apparently necessary, because we have to recognise other people's gallantry, to blind ourselves to other facts.
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The game featuresharshlanguageand violence is definitely a staple of it.
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In the exchange they discuss the woman's marriage in sometimesharshlanguage.
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However, he was concerned regarding theharshlanguageused in the first few takes of the song.
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As a result, performances started to contain more and moreharshlanguage, which also had a very mixed reaction with fans.
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It will not treat of politics, nor tend to exasperate their minds byharshlanguageupon any subject.
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She was often given toharshlanguage, and she did not spare her husband, even when strangers were present.
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