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1
a harsh or sharp quality
- doesn't like the asperity of most experimental music
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2
biting sharpness of feeling or expression
- she responded with such asperity that we knew she was deeply offended by the question
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3
something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal
- as a physically challenged person, he has encountered more than his share of asperities on the road to success
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- bar,
- catch,
- check,
- clog,
- crimp,
- embarrassment,
- handicap,
- hindrance,
- hitch,
- hurdle,
- impediment,
- interference,
- let,
- manacle,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- pons asinorum,
- rub,
- shackle,
- snag,
- stop,
- trammel
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The first known use of asperity was in the 13th century
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