asperity
21asperity — as|per|i|ty [ æ sperəti ] noun uncount VERY FORMAL an unkind way of speaking or behaving that shows you are not patient …
22asperity — as·per·i·ty || æ sperÉ™tɪ n. vulgarity, coarseness; harshness, roughness …
23asperity — [ə spɛrɪti] noun (plural asperities) harshness of tone or manner. ↘(asperities) harsh qualities or conditions. Origin ME: from OFr. asperite, or L. asperitas, from asper rough …
24asperity — n. 1. Roughness, ruggedness, unevenness. 2. Acrimony, tartness, sourness, sharpness, causticity, corrosiveness. 3. Harshness, moroseness, sternness, severity, virulence, crabbedness, bitterness, churlishness, acerbity, sullenness, ill temper See… …
25asperity — n 1. acrimony, acrimoniousness, causticity, mordancy, bitterness, acridity, acridness, pungency, venom, venomousness, venomness; astringency, severity, sternness, acerbity, austerity, stringency; harshness, sharpness, sourness, acidulousness,… …
26asperity — as·per·i·ty …
27asperity — as•per•i•ty [[t]əˈspɛr ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony 2) hardship; difficulty; rigor 3) roughness of surface; unevenness 4) something rough or harsh • Etymology: 1200–50; < AF, OF …
28asperity — /æsˈpɛrəti / (say as peruhtee), /əs / (say uhs ) noun (plural asperities) 1. roughness or sharpness of temper; severity; acrimony. 2. hardship; difficulty; rigour. 3. roughness of surface; unevenness. 4. something rough or harsh. {Latin asperitas …
29asperity — n. roughness, acrimony …
30asperity — n. (pl. ies) 1 harshness or sharpness of temper or tone. 2 roughness. 3 a rough excrescence. Etymology: ME f. OF asperiteacute or L asperitas f. asper rough …
