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- Dictionaryasperity/əˈspɛrɪti/
noun
- 1. harshness of tone or manner: "he pointed this out with some asperity"
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The meaning of ASPERITY is roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger. How to use asperity in a sentence. Did you know?
ASPERITY definition: 1. the quality of being severe in the way that you speak and behave: 2. the quality of being…. Learn more.
Asperity is the harsh tone or behavior people exhibit when they’re angry, impatient, or just miserable. Did your supervisor snap “Late again!” when you showed up 20 minutes after your shift was supposed to start? She's speaking with asperity.
Asperity definition: harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony. See examples of ASPERITY used in a sentence.
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. the elastically compressed region of contact between two surfaces caused by the normal force. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin.
ASPERITY meaning: 1. the quality of being severe in the way that you speak and behave: 2. the quality of being…. Learn more.
the fact of being rough or severe, especially in the way you speak to or treat somebody synonym harshness. She pointed out, with some asperity, that it had all been my fault. There was a touch of asperity in his tone. Definition of asperity noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
