ಅರ್ಥ : Used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : badness, severeness
ಅರ್ಥ : Something hard to endure.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
The asperity of northern winters.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness
ಅರ್ಥ : Extreme plainness.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : austereness, severeness
ಅರ್ಥ : Excessive sternness.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Severity of character.
The harshness of his punishment was inhuman.
The rigors of boot camp.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, stiffness