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Asperity

Asperity Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Asperity? [n] harshness of manner [n] something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Asperity: grimness \| hardship \| rigor \| rigorousness \| rigour \| severity \| sharpness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Asperity: acerbity \| acid \| acidity \| acidness \| acidulousness \| acridity \| acrimony \| anger \| animosity \| astringency \| austerity \| bad humor \| bad temper \| bile \| biliousness \| bitingness \| bitter resentment \| bitterness \| bitterness of spirit \| bumpiness \| causticity \| causticness \| choler \| choppiness \| corrosiveness \| cragginess \| cuttingness \| discontent \| edge \| gall \| gnashing of teeth \| granulation \| grimness \| hard feelings \| hardness \| hardship \| harshness \| heartburning \| hispidity \| ill humor \| ill nature \| ill temper \| incisiveness \| inclemency \| inequality \| irregularity \| irritability \| jaggedness \| joltiness \| keenness \| mordacity \| mordancy \| nonuniformity \| piercingness \| piquancy \| poignancy \| pungency \| raggedness \| rancor \| rankling \| rigor \| rough air \| roughness \| ruggedness \| rugosity \| scraggliness \| severity \| sharpness \| slow burn \| snappishness \| soreness \| sourness \| spleen \| stabbingness \| stringency \| tartness \| tooth \| trenchancy \| turbulence \| unevenness \| unsmoothness \| ununiformity \| vicissitude \| virulence \| waspishness See Also \| difficultness \| difficulty \| ill nature Asperity In Webster's Dictionary \Asper"ity\, n.; pl. {Asperities}. [L. asperitas, fr. asper rough: cf. F. asp['e]rit['e].] 1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to {smoothness}. ``The asperities of dry bodies.'' --Boyle. 2. Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity. 3. Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness. 4. Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to {mildness}. ``Asperity of character.'' --Landor. It is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. --Johnson. 5. Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty. The acclivities and asperities of duty. --Barrow. Syn: Acrimony; moroseness; crabbedness; harshness; sourness; tartness. See {Acrimony}.

Asperity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Asperity?

[n] harshness of manner
[n] something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"

See Also | difficultness | difficulty | ill nature

Asperity In Webster's Dictionary

\As*per"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Asperities}. [L. asperitas, fr.
asper rough: cf. F. asp['e]rit['e].]
1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to
   {smoothness}. ``The asperities of dry bodies.'' --Boyle.

2. Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates
   upon the ear; raucity.

3. Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.

4. Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity;
   crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to {mildness}.
   ``Asperity of character.'' --Landor.

         It is no very cynical asperity not to confess
         obligations where no benefit has been received.
                                               --Johnson.

5. Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.

         The acclivities and asperities of duty. --Barrow.

Syn: Acrimony; moroseness; crabbedness; harshness; sourness;
     tartness. See {Acrimony}.

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