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1. (n.) asperity
harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony.
2. asperity
hardship; difficulty; rigor.
3. asperity
roughness of surface; unevenness.
4. asperity
something rough or harsh.
Etymology: (1200–50; < AF, OF < L asperitās <asper rough)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness
something hard to endure
"the asperity of northern winters"
2. (noun) asperity, sharpness
harshness of manner
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) asperity
roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness
2. (noun) asperity
roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity
3. (noun) asperity
roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness
4. (noun) asperity
moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness
5. (noun) asperity
sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty
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