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View usage for: (æsperɪti) uncountable noun [oft with NOUN]If you say something with asperity, you say it impatiently and severely. [formal] 'I told you Preskel had no idea,' remarked Kemp with some asperity. Synonyms: sharpness, bitterness, severity, irritability More Synonyms of asperity asperity in British English (æˈspɛrɪtɪ) nounWord forms: plural -ties1. roughness or sharpness of temper 2. roughness or harshness of a surface, sound, taste, etc 3. a condition hard to endure; affliction 4. physics the elastically compressed region of contact between two surfaces caused by the normal force Word origin C16: from Latin asperitās, from asper rough asperity in American English (əˈspɛrəti) nounWord forms: plural asˈperities1. roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, weather, etc. or of circumstances 2. harshness or sharpness of temper Word origin ME & OFr asprete < L asperitas, roughness < asper, rough < IE * apo-spero-, repellent < base * apo-, away + * sper-, to flick away, push Examples of 'asperity' in a sentenceasperity Definition roughness or sharpness of temper `I told you he had no idea,' she remarked with some asperity. Synonyms sharpness severity roughness sourness ruggedness sullenness irascibility peevishness acerbity churlishness moroseness crossness crabbedness Additional synonymsDefinition bitter speech or temper Synonyms sharpness, bitterness, severity, acrimony, rudeness, nastiness, harshness, rancour, pungency, asperity, unkindness, sternness, brusqueness, unfriendliness, churlishnessDefinition bitterness and resentment felt about something The council's first meeting ended in acrimony. Synonyms bitterness, harshness, rancour, ill will, virulence, sarcasm, pungency, asperity, tartness, astringency, irascibility, peevishness, acerbity, churlishness, trenchancy, mordancy, spleenthe bitterness of the grapefruit Synonyms sourness, acidity, sharpness, tartness, acerbity, vinegariness - aslant
- asleep
- aspect
- asperity
- aspersion
- asphyxiate
- asphyxiation
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