Asperous

Synonyms for "asperous" (46 found)

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acerbic acid acrid asperate astringent biting bitter caustic craggy

Adjective(1 words)

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cutting flaky flocculent furfuraceous hairy harsh ironbound irritating jagged keen mordant

Adjective(2 words)

Related words (23)

nose tickling penetrating piercing piquant poignant pungent rough rugged scabby scabrous scaly scraggy scurfy severe sharp sour stinging trenchant uneven unsmooth

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bitter cruel rough rugged severe uneven

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[T]here needeth onely an unfolding and deplication of the inſide of this order, to ſhevv, it is not ſo aſperous and thorny as our Nature apprehendeth it by the firſt glances that light upon it.

Source: wiktionary

And as their valour, so you trow, defied / on aspe'rous voyage cruel harm and sore, / so many changing skies their manhood tried, / such climes where storm-winds blow and billows roar; […]

Source: wiktionary

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