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All asperity synonyms

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noun asperity

  • irritability — the quality or state of being irritable.
  • acrimony — Acrimony is bitter and angry words or quarrels.
  • sullenness — showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
  • tartness — sharp to the taste; sour or acid: Tart apples are best for pie. Synonyms: astringent, acrid, piquant. Antonyms: sweet, sugary, bland, mellow.
  • sharpness — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
  • bitterness — having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
  • roughness — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
  • difficulty — the fact or condition of being difficult.
  • acerbity — Acerbity is a kind of bitter, critical humour.
  • irascibility — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
  • peevishness — cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent: a peevish youngster.
  • meanness — the state or quality of being mean.
  • disagreeable — contrary to one's taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.
  • sourness — having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
  • crabbiness — the state of being crabby
  • moroseness — gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
  • crossness — the quality or state of being cross or angry; irritability; snappishness.
  • severity — harshness, sternness, or rigor: Their lives were marked by severity.
  • brusqueness — abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: A brusque welcome greeted his unexpected return.
  • gruffness — low and harsh; hoarse: a gruff voice.
  • harshness — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
  • astringent — An astringent is a liquid that you put on your skin to make it less oily or to make cuts stop bleeding.
  • sternness — firm, strict, or uncompromising: stern discipline.
  • stringency — stringent character or condition: the stringency of poverty.
  • churlish — Someone who is churlish is unfriendly, bad-tempered, or impolite.
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