Rude, cruel ou peu bienveillant.
Severe, cruel, or unkind.
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Sa critique était trop sévère. — His criticism was too harsh.
Peu de plantes survivent au rude climat du désert. — Few plants survive the harsh desert climate.
La lumière agressive empêchait de bien voir. — The harsh light made it hard to see.
Ne sois pas si sévère avec le nouveau. — Don't be so harsh with the new guy.
Les hivers ici sont rudes et longs. — The winters here are harsh and long.
Peut-on baisser le son agressif des enceintes ? — Can we lower the harsh sound from the speakers?
Cela me paraît une façon sévère de le dire. — That sounds like a harsh way to put it.
Comment cultivent-ils dans des conditions aussi rudes ? — How do they farm in such harsh conditions?
Elle trouvait la texture du tissu assez agressive. — She found the texture of the fabric quite harsh.
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