asperity: severity of tone, manner, or temper; roughness; harshness

asperity ：roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness

asperity ：sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter

asperity ：severity; harshness; irritability

asperity ：biting in whit-negative

asperity ：sharpness (of temper)

These remarks, spoken with asperity, stung the boys to whom they had been directed.

asperity ：harshness; roughness

asperity：sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter

12 apserity ： mildness

asperity n.严酷, 粗暴, 刻薄

839. asperity 

depth

mildness

imprecision

leisure

indifference

粗鲁(艰苦)

深度

温和

不精确

闲暇

无动于衷，冷漠

Answer:

asperity：mildness of temper 严酷：脾气温和

asperity roughness harshness ill temper irritability

Synonyms: harshness, sharpness

The asperity with which she spoke revealed her anger about the situation.

The man used asperity to frighten the girl out of going.

The asperity of the winter had most everybody yearning for spring.