The phrase "harsh person" is a grammatically correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is unkind, severe, and unforgiving in their words or actions. Example: I knew she was a harsh person when she yelled at the waitress for forgetting her order.
"They were quite harsh," said one person briefed on the meeting.
Evidence had revealed the sons as "self-indulgent, substance-abusing, over-pampered" and depicted Adelson as a "harsh, demanding, unfeeling" person, the judge wrote.
Identifying during childhood with the punitive power, in order to escape the painful experience of being the one punished, and in order to fit into the harsh world, a person must live a lie -- I am not the Sinner but the agent of the Angry God holding that sinner over the fire -- and find outside himself a scapegoat onto whom to project the parts of the self that he has felt compelled to deny.
People could find some things that you do annoying, so don't be too harsh to the person or you could offend them and upset them.
Don't be harsh with this person but do be firm; stick to the facts and use "I" statements to make it clear this about your feelings and reactions.
Remind them that because people tend to be more harsh online than in person, the sender may not have intended to have inflicted such pain.
You end your piece with a reflection about how harsh Miyazaki sounded in person, and yet how kind and humane his films are.
I queried the sports editor about it, and his response was that "One person's harsh is another person's tough minded," and that the writer, "while acknowledging Jones's accomplishment and qualities of perseverance and candor, thinks this female athlete fell short".
Most of us have a harsh relationship with the person in the mirror.
What feels like harsh judgment from another person may be harsh judgment of self and regret for the pain we've caused.
