"Do you see any prospect of solving this mystery, Mr. Holmes?" she asked, with a touch of asperity in her voice.
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Asperity
/əˈspɛɹɪti/
Synonyms for "asperity" (112 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Noun(5 words)
acerbityacidacidityacidnessacidulousnessacridityacrimonyangeranimosityastringencyausteritybad humorbad temperbilebiliousnessbitingnessbitter resentmentbitterness
Strong matches (33)
bitterness of spiritbumpinesscausticitycausticnesscholerchoppinesscorrosivenesscragginesscuttingnessdifficultydiscontentedgefurygallgnashing of teethgranulationgrimnesshard feelingshardnesshardship
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Noun(5 words)
Related words (56)
Noun(11 words)
rigorousnessrigourrigourousnessrougheningroughnessruggednessseverenessseverity of critiquesharpnessstridencetextural irregularity
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
15 entriesattributecharacteristicclimateconditionscriticismdifficultnessdifficultydiscourseenvironmentgeographyill naturequalityrhetoricsurface propertytexture attribute
More specific
8 entriesCollocations
6 entriesacrid languageharsh tonerough surfacerugged terrainsevere conditionsverbal asperity
Inflections
1 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 8 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- aspresa noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
- aspror noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
French
1 entries- aspérité noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
Galician
1 entries- aspereza noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
Italian
3 entries- asperità noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
- asprezza noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
- asprità noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
Middle French
1 entries- aspreté noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
Portuguese
2 entries- aspereza noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
- asperidade noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
Romanian
2 entries- asperitate noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
- asprime noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
Spanish
1 entries- aspereza noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
Sample sentences
31 total sentences available.
In materials science, asperity refers to the unevenness, roughness or ruggedness of a material.
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Oyle of ſwete Almondes and of ſiſami taketh away the aſperitie and rougheneſſe of the throte.
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The iuyce of Mynte mengled with honied water, cureth the payne of the eares being dropped therein, and taketh away the aſperitie, and roughneſſe of the tongue, whan it is rubbed or waſſhed therewith.
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