HyperDic: asperity

English > 2 senses of the word asperity:
NOUNattributeasperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousnesssomething hard to endure
attributeasperity, sharpnessharshness of manner
asperity > pronunciation
Soundsahspeh'rihtiy
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English > asperity: 2 senses > noun 1, attribute
MeaningSomething hard to endure.
Example"the asperity of northern winters"
Synonymsgrimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness
NarrowersternnessThe quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding / forbidding
Broaderdifficulty, difficultnessThe quality of being difficult
Spanishadustez, rigor, rigurosidad, severidad
Catalanadustesa, dificultats, rigor, severitat
English > asperity: 2 senses > noun 2, attribute
Meaningharshness of manner.
Synonymsharpness
Broaderill natureA disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition
Oppositedullness, bluntnessWithout sharpness or clearness of edge or point
Spanishaspereza

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