hard, stiff, harsh, tough;
sharp, strict, severe, rigorous, rigid, austere;
rough, rude;
cruel, merciless;
haughty, arrogant, supercilious, overhearing;
inflexible, obstinate, untoward, stubborn, untamable;
difficult, inaccessible;
—, խստիւ, harshly;
roughly, cruelly;
severely;
— բանք, harsh words;
— կեանք, austere, hard life;
խստիւ գնալ, to be blunt with;
to treat with brutality or severity, to maltreat;
—ս բարբառել՝ խօսել ընդ ումեք, to speak bluntly or harshly to, to say unpalatable things;
— է քեզ, it is hard forthee.