asperity
Roughness of manner
Asperity is harshness or sharpness, especially in tone or manner: She responded with unexpected asperity.
The word suggests irritability or severity in speech—a reply delivered with asperity stings.
In technical contexts, asperities are rough spots or projections on a surface, the microscopic bumps that create friction between materials.
Intensity of sternness
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
hardness · inclemency · stringency · relentlessness · intensity · toughness · gruffness · curtness
Mutual mass attraction
- severityIntensity of sternness
- solemnitySerious, dignified quality
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- formalityStrict observance of convention
stiffness · rigidity · inflexibility · seriousness · sobriety · grimness · dourness · reserve
Bitter ill will
- vitriolBitter, scathing criticism
- spitePetty malicious intent
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
rancor · resentment · venom · antagonism · enmity · ill-will · malice · tartness
severity
Intensity of sternness
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
sharpness · hardness · inclemency · stringency · relentlessness · intensity · toughness · gruffness · curtness · brusqueness
gravity
Mutual mass attraction
- severityIntensity of sternness
- solemnitySerious, dignified quality
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
formality · stiffness · rigidity · inflexibility · seriousness · sobriety · grimness · dourness · reserve · coldness
acrimony
Bitter ill will
hostility · rancor · resentment · venom · antagonism · enmity · ill-will · malice · tartness · sourness
hardship
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- ordealDifficult, painful experience
- trialJudicial examination of claims
rigor · struggle · roughness · obstacle · challenge · tribulation · privation · suffering · toil · travail
coarse
Rough in texture
textured · abrasive · grit · rugged · scraped · scratched · pebbly · gravelly · ridged · grooved
- frictionfriction, rubbing, abrading, friction burn, rolling friction
- roughnessroughness, coarseness, grittiness, bumpiness, abrasiveness
- sharpnesssharpness, edge, keenness, point, blade edge
asperitysmoothness
Freedom from irregularity
evenness · sleekness · silkiness · glossiness · softness
exasperate, exasperation, exasperating, exasperated, aspersion, exasperates, aspersions, exasperations, aspersing