Thesaurus: asperity

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1. n. Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness.
2. n. Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
3. n. Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
4. n. Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.
5. n. Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
6. n. something hard to endure
7. n. harshness of manner
8. 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.
9. n:100 n. something hard to endure n. harshness of manner