unpleasantly stern
of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
sharply disagreeable; rigorous
unkind or cruel or uncivil
severe
unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses
incapable of compromise or flexibility
severe and unremitting in making demands
rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
(of rules) stringently enforced
characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
