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asperity
Synonyms and Antonyms of asperity
1
a harsh or sharp quality
2
biting sharpness of feeling or expression
gruffness, harshness, hostility, relentlessness, severity, sternness, vehemence
coldness, crossness, discourteousness, iciness, impoliteness, incivility, nastiness, rudeness, sourness, surliness, ungraciousness
anger, animosity, gall, jaundice, malevolence, malice, rancor, scorn, spite, spleen, venom, vindictiveness
3
something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal
discomfort, inconvenience, nuisance
affliction, trial, tribulation
knock, misfortune, mishap, tragedy
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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