Definition: harshness of manner
Similar words: ill nature
Definition: a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition
Synonyms: asperity, severeness, severity, hardship, grimness, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness
Definition: something hard to endure
Usage: the asperity of northern winters
Similar words: difficultness, difficulty
Definition: the quality of being difficult
Usage: they agreed about the difficulty of the climb