asperity

Nouns

(n) something hard to endure
- the asperity of northern winters
rigor, rigorousness, rigourousness, grimness, hardship, rigour, severeness, severity,
(n) harshness of manner sharpness,

Synonyms

rigor rigorousness rigourousness grimness hardship rigour severeness severity sharpness

Antonyms

bluntness dullness

Words of close approximity