asperity

asperity has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness.
• n.. Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
• n.. Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
• n.. Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.
• n.. Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
• n.. harshness of manner
• n.. something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"