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English Dictionary: asperity by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
asperity
n
  1. something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
    Synonym(s): asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness
  2. harshness of manner
    Synonym(s): asperity, sharpness
    Antonym(s): bluntness, dullness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Asperity \As*per"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Asperities}. [L. asperitas, fr.
      asper rough: cf. F. asp[82]rit[82].]
      1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to
            {smoothness}. [bd]The asperities of dry bodies.[b8]
            --Boyle.
  
      2. Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates
            upon the ear; raucity.
  
      3. Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
  
      4. Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity;
            crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to {mildness}.
            [bd]Asperity of character.[b8] --Landor.
  
                     It is no very cynical asperity not to confess
                     obligations where no benefit has been received.
                                                                              --Johnson.
  
      5. Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
  
                     The acclivities and asperities of duty. --Barrow.
  
      Syn: Acrimony; moroseness; crabbedness; harshness; sourness;
               tartness. See {Acrimony}.
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