O, she is
Ten times more gentle than her father's crabbed,
And he's composed of harshness. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense,
The sound must seem an echo to the sense. --Pope.
Syn: Acrimony; roughness; sternness; asperity; tartness. See {Acrimony}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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