To rebuke or criticize harshly or abusively;berate.
If you just stick with it and don't judge your man too harshly. Or call the cops.
I sat by his bed in the hospital thinking how dreadful it was that someone should judge themselves so harshly because one bit of their anatomy didn't work.
The Vatican has been harshly criticized for its position.
Some investors criticized the government for acting too late and too harshly.
They may be drugged, harshly trained or have had their teeth removed to ensure they ‘behave’ around tourists.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
He said: 'Discontented people in a happy place may feel particularly harshly treated by life.
He was never unkind, and I cannot remember that he ever spoke harshly to me, but it was the custom to fear and admire him.
Now, look here; you screw up your lips too harshly.
Sustained, harshly abusive language; invective.
They shout loudly and harshly to each other, and kick and leap and catch with arrogant grace.
The king answered the people harshly. Rejecting the advice given him by the elders.
His death taught me many lessons,but the one so harshly instilled in me is that no one,even someone as great as him,is invincible.
The father harshly corrected his child for disobedience.
Don't harshly criticize others, even if they deserve it.
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