harshness

(n) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions abrasiveness, scratchiness,
(n) the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses roughness,
(n) the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance cruelness, cruelty,
(n) excessive sternness
- severity of character
- the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
- the rigors of boot camp
inclemency, rigorousness, rigourousness, rigor, rigour, severeness, severity, hardness, stiffness,

abrasiveness scratchiness roughness cruelness cruelty inclemency rigorousness rigourousness rigor rigour severeness severity hardness stiffness