asperatedadj.
Roughened; made harsh.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > rough > made rough or ruffled
ruffled1440
hackled1611
crizzledc1639
asperated1677
roughened1715
roughed1758
rasped1864
sand-blasted1908
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective]
hardOE
rudea1375
stern1390
rougha1400
discordanta1425
stoutc1440
hoarse1513
harsh1530
raughtish1567
rugged1567
dissonant1573
harshy1582
jarry1582
immelodious1601
cragged1605
raggeda1616
unmusicala1616
absonousa1620
unharmoniousa1634
inharmonical1683
unharmonic1694
inharmonious1715
craggy1774
pebbly1793
reedy1795
iron1807
dry1819
inharmonic1828
asperated1835
sawing1851
shrewd1876
coarse1879
callithumpian1886
dissonantal1946
ear-bending1946
sandpaper1953
1677 R. Boyle in Philos. Trans. 1676 (Royal Soc.) 11 806 This Liquor..was far enough from being smooth, being variously asperated by many flaky particles.
1835 Leigh Hunt's London Jrnl. No. 73. 274 A very different F from ours—a sharper and more asperated consonant [? confused with aspirated].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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