Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness.
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Difficulty.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a…
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The quality or state of being stern.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.
Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness.
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That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc.
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Rigidity; stiffness.
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The quality or state of being severe.
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The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.
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