asperity
11asperity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English asprete, from Anglo French aspreté, from aspre rough, from Latin asper, from Old Latin *absperos, from ab ab + speros; akin to Sanskrit apasphura repelling, Latin spernere to spurn more at spurn Date:… …
12asperity — /euh sper i tee/, n., pl. asperities. 1. harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony: The cause of her anger did not warrant such asperity. 2. hardship; difficulty; rigor: the asperities of polar weather. 3. roughness of …
13asperity — as|per|i|ty [æˈsperıti, ə ] n [U] formal [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: aspreté, from aspre rough ] if you speak with asperity, you say something in a way that is rough or severe, showing that you are feeling impatient …
14asperity — noun (C, U) (formal) a way of speaking or behaving that is rough or severe: the asperity of her manner …
15asperity — noun he replied with some asperity in his tone Syn: harshness, sharpness, abrasiveness, roughness, severity, acerbity, astringency, tartness, sarcasm …
16asperity — UK [æˈsperətɪ] / US noun [uncountable] formal the quality of sounding annoyed and impatient when saying something She answered our questions with a touch of asperity …
17asperity — roughness or pricklyness …
18asperity — n.; pl. ties [L. asperare, to roughen] 1. Roughness of surface. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Spinelike structures arranged in rows or confined to specific areas; sculpturings or dotlike elevations …
19asperity — Synonyms and related words: acerbity, acid, acidity, acidness, acidulousness, acridity, acrimony, anger, animosity, astringency, austerity, bad humor, bad temper, bile, biliousness, bitingness, bitter resentment, bitterness, bitterness of spirit …
20asperity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. harshness, severity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Acrimony] Syn. bitterness, sharpness, ill temper; see roughness 2 , rudeness . 2. [Hardship] Syn. rigor, severity, difficulty; see difficulty 1 , 2 , rigor …
