asperity
[noun]
Synonyms: difficulty, hardness, hardship, rigor, vicissitude, inequality, irregularity, roughness, unevenness, acrimony, acerbity, mordancy

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Antonyms: amenity
Contrasted words: blandness, gentleness, mildness, softness, smoothness, suavity, urbanity, courtesy, gallantry
Related Words: austerity, bitterness, grimness, harshness, inclemency, severity, stringency, keenness, roughness, sharpness, irritability, snappishness, tartness, waspishness

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as‧per‧i‧ty /æˈsperəti, æˈsperɪti, ə-/ noun [uncountable] formal
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: aspreté, from aspre 'rough']
if you speak with asperity, you say something in a way that is rough or severe, showing that you are feeling impatient

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