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harshed

verb
USHARSHT/hɑɹʃt/UKHAHSHT/hɑːʃt/

1 meaning of harshed

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    verbslang
    Simple 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

Forms
harshharshes he/she/itharshing -ing formharshed past tense, past participle
Spelling
harsh → harshed: add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /t/.

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