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asperity
noun
(as-per-i-ty)
harshness of manner
Synonyms:
sharpness
,
asperity
noun
(as-per-i-ty)
something hard to endure
Synonyms:
grimness
,
hardship
,
rigor
,
rigorousness
,
rigour
,
rigourousness
,
severeness
,
severity
,
Examples:
The asperity of northern winters.
Words Related to
asperity
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grimness
,
rigorousness
,
rigor
,
rigour
,
sharpness
,
hardship
,
severity
,
acerbity
,
sternness
,
bluntness
,
curtness
,
punctiliousness
,
pithiness
,
facetiousness
,
journalese
,
wryness
,
imperiousness
,
hauteur
,
politesse
,
officiousness
,
obtuseness
,
drollery
,
solecism
,
terseness
,
unworldliness
,
condescension
,
inoffensiveness
,
sarcasm
,
primness
,
daintiness
,
ungrammatically
,
circumlocution
,
prolixity
,
pompousness
,
dissembler
,
pedantry
,
ironist
,
irascibility
,
priggishness
,
sangfroid
,
split infinitive
,
succinctness
,
garrulousness
,
incredulousness
,
indignance
,
fusspot
,
ingenuousness
,
wordiness
,
archness
,
wittedness
,
diffidence
,
breeziness
,
sheepishness
,
uptightness
,
monosyllable
,
archaism
,
eloquence
,
unshowy
,
flintiness
,
poesy
,
ruefulness
,
suavity
,
artlessness
,
locution
,
plainness
,
felicity
,
apercus
,
drollness
,
inelegance
,
dandyism
,
nasality
,
dogmatist
,
arguer
,
formalism
,
bon mot
,
sunniness
,
presumptuousness
,
attitudinizing
,
demureness
,
cantankerousness
,
nabokovian
,
peevishness
,
concision
,
empiricist
,
directness
,
stolidity
,
panegyric
,
incuriosity
,
pugnacity
,
grammarian
,
articulacy
,
windiness
,
roguishness
,
touchiness
,
mozartian
,
good naturedness
,
haughtiness
,
sophistries
,
erudition
,
academicism
,
asperity
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