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ASPERITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Harshness of manner
Synonyms:
asperity; sharpness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("asperity" is a kind of...):
ill nature (a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something hard to endure
Example:
the asperity of northern winters
Synonyms:
asperity; grimness; hardship; rigor; rigorousness; rigour; rigourousness; severeness; severity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("asperity" is a kind of...):
difficultness; difficulty (the quality of being difficult)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "asperity"):
sternness (the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding)
