noun sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
2. asperity ·noun roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
3. asperity ·noun roughness of surface; unevenness;
opposed to smoothness.
4. asperity ·noun roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
5. asperity ·noun moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness;
opposed to mildness.