asperity
noun
1 asperity
Something hard to endure:
— The asperity of northern winters.
synonyms: grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity.
Roget 256:
roughness
etc.
adj.;
tooth,
grain,
texture,
ripple;
asperity,
rugosity†,
salebrosity†,
corrugation,
nodosity†;
arborescence†
etc.
242;
pilosity†.
brush,
hair,
beard,
shag,
mane,
whisker,
moustache,
imperial,
tress,
lock,
curl,
ringlet;
fimbriae,
pili,
cilia,
villi;
lovelock;
beaucatcher†;
curl paper;
goatee;
papillote,
scalp lock.
plumage,
plumosity†;
plume,
panache,
crest;
feather,
tuft,
fringe,
toupee.
wool,
velvet,
plush,
nap,
pile,
floss,
fur,
down;
byssus†,
moss,
bur;
fluff.
knot
(convolution)
248.
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Roget 895:
discourtesy;
ill breeding;
ill manners,
bad manners,
ungainly manners;
insuavity†;
uncourteousness†,
etc.
adj.;
rusticity,
inurbanity†;
illiberality,
incivility displacency†.
disrespect
etc.
929;
procacity†,
impudence: barbarism,
barbarity;
misbehavior,
brutality,
blackguardism†,
conduct unbecoming a gentleman,
grossieret_e,
brusquerie†;
vulgarity,
etc.
851.
churlishness
etc.
adj.;
spinosity†,
perversity;
moroseness
etc.
(sullenness)
901.1.
sternness
etc.
adj.;
austerity;
moodishness†,
captiousness
etc.
901;
cynicism;
tartness
etc.
adj.;
acrimony,
acerbity,
virulence,
asperity.
scowl,
black looks,
frown;
short answer,
rebuff;
hard words,
contumely;
unparliamentary language,
personality.
bear,
bruin,
brute,
blackguard,
beast;
unlicked cub†;
frump,
crosspatch†;
saucebox
etc.
887†;
crooked stick;
grizzly.
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Roget 900:
resentment,
displeasure,
animosity,
anger,
wrath,
indignation;
exasperation,
bitter resentment,
wrathful indignation.
pique,
umbrage,
huff,
miff,
soreness,
dudgeon,
acerbity,
virulence,
bitterness,
acrimony,
asperity,
spleen,
gall;
heart-burning,
heart-swelling;
rankling.
ill humor,
bad humor,
ill temper,
bad temper;
irascibility
etc.
901;
ill blood
etc.
(hate)
898;
revenge
etc.
919.
excitement,
irritation;
warmth,
bile,
choler,
ire,
fume,
pucker,
dander,
ferment,
ebullition;
towering passion,
acharnement [Fr.],
angry mood,
taking,
pet,
tiff,
passion,
fit,
tantrums.
burst,
explosion,
paroxysm,
storm,
rage,
fury,
desperation;
violence
etc.
173;
fire and fury;
vials of wrath;
gnashing of teeth,
hot blood,
high words.
scowl
etc.
895;
sulks
etc.
901.1.
[Cause of umbrage]
affront,
provocation,
offense;
indignity
etc.
(insult)
929;
grudge,
crow to pluck,
bone to pick,
sore subject,
casus belli [Lat.];
ill turn,
outrage.
Furies,
Eumenides.
buffet,
slap in the face,
box on the ear,
rap on the knuckles.
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Roget 901:
irascibility,
irascibleness,
temper;
crossness
etc.
adj.;
susceptibility,
procacity,
petulance,
irritability,
tartness,
acerbity,
protervity;
pugnacity
etc.
(contentiousness)
720.
excitability
etc.
825;
bad temper,
fiery temper,
crooked temper,
irritable
etc.
adj..
temper;
genus irritabile [Lat.],
hot blood.
ill humor
etc.
(sullenness)
901.1;
asperity
&c.;
churlishness
etc.
(discourtesy)
895.
huff
etc.
(resentment)
900;
a word and a blow.
Sir Fretful Plagiary;
brabbler†,
Tartar;
shrew,
vixen,
virago,
termagant,
dragon,
scold,
Xantippe;
porcupine;
spitfire;
fire eater
etc.
(blusterer)
887;
fury
etc.
(violent person)
173.
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Dutch: ondraaglijkheid, ruwheid, ellende, ontbering, ontberingen
2 asperity
Harshness of manner.
synonym: sharpness.
Dutch: hardvochtigheid, scherpte
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