asperity

Noun
  1. Something hard to endure (synset 104717403)
    "the asperity of northern winters"
    is a type of: difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult
    subtypes: sternness - the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding
    same as: grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity
  2. Harshness of manner (synset 104650456)
    is a type of: ill nature - a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition
    same as: sharpness

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