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asperity /əˈspɛrɪti /noun (plural asperities) [mass noun]1Harshness of tone or manner: he pointed this out with some asperity...- ‘Yes, there were lots of things in there,’ she says, with a hint of asperity.
- To which she is likely to respond with a touch of asperity: ‘That is the wrong question.’
- In another post Keith spoke with some asperity about ‘dolts’ who don't think much about the world around them and know little of politics.
Synonyms harshness, sharpness, roughness, abrasiveness, severity, acerbity, astringency, bitterness, acidity, tartness, edge, acrimony, virulence, sarcasm 1.1 ( asperities) Harsh qualities or conditions: the asperities of a harsh and divided society...- And he looked forward to the day when ‘the asperities and peculiarities of their character ‘would be worn away and they would become ‘liberal Unitarian Christians.’
- By frequent collision asperities were worn off, and a foundation was laid for the establishment of a nation, out of discordant materials.
- This can be explained by the existence of a microfracture dilatancy zone at the level of this sample, causing relatively large fracture asperities reflected by pore throats at 85, 25 and 7 m.
Origin Middle English (in the sense 'hardship, rigour'): from Old French asperite, or Latin asperitas, from asper 'rough'. Rhymes ambidexterity, austerity, celerity, dexterity, ferrety, posterity, prosperity, severity, sincerity, temerity, verity |