meaning of asperity
1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness.
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.
5. Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
6. harshness of manner
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