the fact of being rough or severe, especially in the way you speak to or treat somebody synonym harshness(尤指语言、态度)粗暴,严厉 She pointed out, with some asperity, that it had all been my fault. 她严厉地指出,这都是我的错。 There was a touch of asperity in his tone. 他的语气有点严厉。
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘hardship, rigour’): from Old French asperite, or Latin asperitas, from asper ‘rough’.