Harsh
Harsh adjective - Difficult to endure.
Unfortunate and harsh are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unfortunate" instead an adjective "Harsh".
Unfortunate
Unfortunate adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.
Harsh and unfortunate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Harsh" instead an adjective "Unfortunate".
Nearby Word: unfortunately
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- BA has an unfortunate habit of hitting Brian, Dave, and Bob's Berserk Buttons by teaching their characters a harsh lesson.
Source: Berserk Button / Comics -
The switching of the two letters couldn't be more unfortunate: While "Consolmagno" just sounds like a badass "Under a Great/Harsh Sun" in Spanish, "Consolmango" instead sounds like a portmanteu of "handler" and "dildo".
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Perry even threatened to pull some of his content from TBS after one episode of The Boondocks made harsh fun of the Unfortunate Implications and Strictly Formula tendencies of Perry's movies.
Source: Periphery Hatedom
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