·noun Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
II. Asperity ·noun Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
III. Asperity ·noun Roughness of surface; unevenness;
— opposed to smoothness.
IV. Asperity ·noun Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
V. Asperity ·noun Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness;
— opposed to mildness.