Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb harshen
1 sense of harshen
Sense 1
harshen -- (make harsh or harsher; "Winter harshened the look of the city")
=> change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")