Answer:

harsh

Answer	Crossword Clue
HARSH	Severe
HARSH	Draconian
HARSH	Like many realities

HARSH	Strict or stark
HARSH	Grating to the ear
HARSH	Far from lenient
HARSH	Unpleasantly severe
HARSH	Like bad winters
HARSH	Austere
HARSH	Brutal
HARSH	Extremely unkind

HARSH	Tough to take
HARSH	Like cold, snowy winters
HARSH	Tough to endure
HARSH	Caustic
HARSH	Quite rough
HARSH	Abrasive
HARSH	Meanspirited
HARSH	Like some abrasives

HARSH	Acerbic
HARSH	Unpleasant to the ear
HARSH	Spartan
HARSH	Spartan and ruthless
HARSH	Ruthless
HARSH	Like a drill instructor
HARSH	Like a winter in Siberia
HARSH	Far from gentle

HARSH	Blaring
HARSH	Strict
HARSH	Rough
HARSH	Cacophonic
HARSH	Clashingly colored
HARSH	Grating
HARSH	Like arctic winters
HARSH	Rough- sounding

HARSH	Stern
HARSH	Strident
HARSH	Like taskmasters
HARSH	Desolate
HARSH	More than unkind

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.