something hard to endure; the asperity of northern winters

[ Syn: asperity , grimness , hardship , rigor , rigour , severity , severeness , rigourousness ]

excessive sternness; severity of character; the harshness of his punishment was inhuman; the rigors of boot camp

[ Syn: severity , severeness , harshness , rigor , rigour , rigourousness , inclemency , hardness , stiffness ]