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   harshen

   /ˈhɑːʃ(ə)n/

   verb

   • 1. make unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses: "‘Right,’ I said, harshening my tone"
   • 2. make or become more cruel or severe: "legislation that will harshen sentences for petty crimes"
   • ▪ (of a climate or conditions) become more difficult to survive in: "rivers run dry, climate harshens and pollution spreads"
   • ▪ have an undesirably strong effect on: "the atmosphere harshens colour"

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • H

     4

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • S

     1

   • H

     4

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

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