asperity

as·per·i·ty

A0466800 (ă-spĕr′ĭ-tē)n. pl. as·per·i·ties 1. a. Roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate: the asperity of northern winters.b. Severity; rigor.2. A slight projection from a surface; a point or bump.3. Harshness of manner; ill temper or irritability.

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[Middle English asperite, from Old French asprete, from Latin asperitās, from asper, rough.]

asperity

(æˈspɛrɪtɪ) n, pl -ties1. roughness or sharpness of temper2. roughness or harshness of a surface, sound, taste, etc3. a condition hard to endure; affliction4. (General Physics) physics the elastically compressed region of contact between two surfaces caused by the normal force[C16: from Latin asperitās, from asper rough]

as•per•i•ty

(əˈspɛr ɪ ti)

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. [1200–50; < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin asperitās <asper rough]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	asperity - something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"rigor, rigorousness, rigourousness, severeness, severity, rigour, grimness, hardshipdifficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"sternness - the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding; "the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable"
	2.	asperity - harshness of manner sharpnessill nature - a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition

asperity

noun sharpness, bitterness, severity, irritability, acrimony, harshness, roughness, sourness, ruggedness, sullenness, irascibility, peevishness, acerbity, churlishness, moroseness, crossness, crabbedness 'I told you he had no idea,' she remarked with some asperity.

asperity

nounSomething that obstructs progress and requires great effort to overcome:difficulty, hardship, rigor, vicissitude (often used in plural).Idioms: a hard nut to crack, a hard row to hoe, heavy sledding.

Translations

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