harshed
USHARSHT/hɑɹʃt/UKHAHSHT/hɑːʃt/
- 1Simple past and past participle of harsh.
His cynical remark harshed the celebratory mood in the room.
The unexpected bill totally harshed her excitement about the trip.
Note
The verb takes a plain regular ending, and one spelling serves as both past tense and participle, so it fits perfect constructions too: the news had harshed everyone's mood. Both meanings behind it are slang. One is to criticize, and the other is to dampen a mood. Either can be used with or without an object. Its natural frames are harshed someone's buzz and harshed someone's mellow. Keep it for casual talk.
harshed is a form of harsh
harsh, verb: To spoil or take the enjoyment out of someone's good mood. Full entry
- Spelling
- harsh → harshed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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