"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" (107 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- حِدَّة noun (quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person — see also harshness, severity)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܥܪܡܐ noun (quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person — see also harshness, severity)
Bulgarian
2 entries- разлом noun (section of a fault line with high friction)
- рязкост noun (quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person — see also harshness, severity)
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)
Dutch
1 entries- hardvochtigheid noun (quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person — see also harshness, severity)
Finnish
2 entries- ankaruus noun (quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person — see also harshness, severity)
- kitkainen kohta noun (section of a fault line with high friction)
French
2 entries- aspérité noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
- aspérité noun (thing that is harsh and difficult to endure (cognates) — see also difficulty, hardship)
Galician
1 entries- aspereza noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
Ido
1 entries- aspereso noun (thing that is harsh and difficult to endure (cognates) — see also difficulty, hardship)
Irish
1 entries- gairge noun (quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person — see also harshness, severity)
Italian
4 entries- asperità noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
- asperità noun (thing that is harsh and difficult to endure (cognates) — see also difficulty, hardship)
- asprezza noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
- asprezza noun (quality of being difficult or unpleasant to experience (cognates) — see also harshness, rigour, severity)
Middle French
1 entries- aspreté noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
Portuguese
4 entries- aspereza noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
- aspereza noun (quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person — see also harshness, severity)
- asperidade noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
- asperidade noun (quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person — see also harshness, severity)
Romanian
4 entries- asperitate noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
- asperitate noun (quality of being difficult or unpleasant to experience (cognates) — see also harshness, rigour, severity)
- asperitate noun (quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person — see also harshness, severity)
- asprime noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
Russian
2 entries- жёсткость noun (quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person — see also harshness, severity)
- суро́вость noun (quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person — see also harshness, severity)
Spanish
3 entries- aspereza noun (quality of having a rough or uneven surface (cognates) — see also roughness, unevenness)
- aspereza noun (quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person — see also harshness, severity)
- asperidad noun (quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person — see also harshness, severity)
Sample sentences
31 total sentences available.
In materials science, asperity refers to the unevenness, roughness or ruggedness of a material.
Source: tatoeba (13724066)
Oyle of ſwete Almondes and of ſiſami taketh away the aſperitie and rougheneſſe of the throte.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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