asperity n
1. something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" [syn: grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, rigorousness]
2. harshness of manner [syn: sharpness] [ant: dullness]

Asperity \As*per"i*ty\, n.; pl. Asperities. [L. asperitas, fr. asper rough: cf. F. asp['e]rit['e].]
1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness. ``The asperities of dry bodies.'' --Boyle.
2. Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
3. Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
4. Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness. ``Asperity of character.'' --Landor. It is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. --Johnson.
5. Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty. The acclivities and asperities of duty. --Barrow. Syn: Acrimony; moroseness; crabbedness; harshness; sourness; tartness. See Acrimony.

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