Gruffness
Hardness
Hardness noun - The quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism).
Usage example: the aunt's hardness gradually crumbled under the influence of the little orphan's endearing ways
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- severity and gruffness
- severity and hardness
- difficulty and gruffness
- difficulty and hardness
- roughness and gruffness
- roughness and hardness
- thickness and gruffness
- thickness and hardness
- sharpness and gruffness
- sharpness and hardness
- harshness and gruffness
- harshness and hardness
- acerbity and gruffness
- acerbity and hardness
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Hardness and Gruffness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/gruffness/hardness
Gruffness & Hardness. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/gruffness/hardness>.
Hardness or Gruffness. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/gruffness/hardness.
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