asperity (redirected from asperities)

as·per·i·ty  (-spr-t)

n. pl. as·per·i·ties

1.

a. Roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate: the asperity of northern winters.

b. Severity; rigor.

2. A slight projection from a surface; a point or bump.

3. Harshness of manner; ill temper or irritability.

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[Middle English asperite, from Old French asprete, from Latin asperits, from asper, rough.]

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asperity [æˈspɛrɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. roughness or sharpness of temper

2. roughness or harshness of a surface, sound, taste, etc.

3. a condition hard to endure; affliction

4. (Physics / General Physics) Physics the elastically compressed region of contact between two surfaces caused by the normal force

[from Latin asperitās, from asper rough]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	asperity - something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" rigor, rigorousness, rigourousness, severeness, severity, rigour, grimness, hardship difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb" sternness - the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding; "the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable"
	2.	asperity - harshness of manner                   sharpness ill nature - a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition

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asperity

noun sharpness, bitterness, severity, irritability, acrimony, harshness, roughness, sourness, ruggedness, sullenness, irascibility, peevishness, acerbity, churlishness, moroseness, crossness, crabbedness 'I told you he had no idea,' she remarked with some asperity.

Translations

asperity [æsˈperɪtɪ] N → aspereza f

asperity [æˈspɛrɪti] (formal) n (= sharpness) with asperity → sèchement

asperity

n → Schroffheit f no pl, → Schärfe f no pl; the asperities of the winter (liter) → der raue Winter (geh)

asperity [æˈspɛrɪtɪ] n (frm) (of manners, voice) → asprezza