Definition for Asperity:

• Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; opposed to mildness.

Synonyms for Asperity:

• n.

  •
  • irritation.
  •
  • heavy sledding,
  • easy,
  • difficulty.
  •acerbity (noun)
  • sournesses.
  •acrimony (noun)
  • ill temper.
  •asperity (noun)
  • rigour,
  • rigorousness,
  • grimness,
  • sharpness.
  •attribute (noun)
  • rigourousness,
  • severeness,
  • asperity.
  •austerity (noun)
  • in clemency,
  • in-flexibilities,
  • in-clemencies,
  • in-clemency,
  • in clemencies,
  • exactingnesses,
  • in-flexibility,
  • astringences,
  • in flexibilities,
  • in flexibility,
  • formalnesses.
  •bitterness (noun)
  • dis tress,
  • dis tresses,
  • dis-tresses,
  • dis-tress,
  • grievousnesses,
  • painfulnesses,
  • acrimoniousnesses.
  •fury (noun)
  • flareup,
  • slow burns,
  • impetuosities,
  • tempestuousnesses,
  • in-tensity,
  • rampancies,
  • rabidities,
  • in tensity,
  • boiling points.
  •harshness; bad temper (noun)
  • crossness,
  • peevishness,
  • disagreeableness,
  • sullenness,
  • irritability,
  • moroseness,
  • meanness,
  • irascibility,
  • crabbiness.
  •hot spot (noun)
  • LS,
  • L.
  •predicament (noun)
  • large order,
  • soups,
  • predicament,
  • hang up,
  • predicaments,
  • hangup,
  • hot spot,
  • tall order ticklish spot tight situation trouble,
  • rough go,
  • soup.
  •rage (noun)
  • up set,
  • ravings,
  • wingding,
  • wingdings,
  • hysteric.
  •rigor (noun)
  • in tolerances,
  • traditionalisms,
  • in tolerance,
  • in-tolerances,
  • in-tolerance.
  •roughness (noun)
  • crudity,
  • bumpiness,
  • wooliness,
  • gruffness,
  • unevenness,
  • Crudities.
  •rudeness (noun)
  • dis courtesies,
  • un graciousness,
  • dis-courtesy,
  • mis behavior,
  • dis-courtesies,
  • dis-respects,
  • officiousnesses,
  • in-civilities,
  • mis behaviors,
  • intrusivenesses,
  • dis courtesy,
  • dis respects,
  • un mannerlinesses,
  • un-graciousness,
  • tactlessnesses,
  • crudenesses,
  • shamelessnesses,
  • un graciousnesses,
  • dis respect,
  • un mannerliness,
  • bluntnesses,
  • un-mannerliness,
  • un-mannerlinesses,
  • in-civility,
  • in civilities,
  • in civility,
  • boorishnesses,
  • mis-behavior,
  • dis-respect,
  • un-graciousnesses,
  • unmannerlinesses.
  •testiness (noun)
  • touchiness,
  • fretfulness.
  •wrath (noun)
  • hatefulnesses,
  • dis-pleasure,
  • dis-pleasures,
  • dis pleasures,
  • dis pleasure.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • annoyance,
  • ire,
  • grievance,
  • apoplexy,
  • ill feeling,
  • exasperation,
  • desperation,
  • pique,
  • resentment,
  • snit,
  • aggression,
  • conniption,
  • temper,
  • hissy fit,
  • displeasure,
  • self-reproach,
  • vexation,
  • austerity,
  • rancor,
  • aggravation,
  • mood,
  • venom,
  • outrage,
  • grudge,
  • bad blood,
  • indignation,
  • hysterics,
  • anger,
  • frustration,
  • backlash.
  •
  • funk,
  • disgust,
  • stir,
  • hatred,
  • impatience,
  • spleen.
  •
  • heat.
  •touchiness
  • testiness.

Antonyms for Asperity:

• n.

  • attribute
    dullness.
  • harshness; bad temper
    courtesy, contentment, mildness, kindness, politeness, happiness, Sweetness, calmness.
  • Other antonyms:
    break, kindliness, advantage, warmth, bluntness, opportunity, graciousness, oiliness, urbanity, dulness, diplomacy, civility, tactfulness, smoothness, good nature, gentleness, cordiality, compassion, sympathy, geniality, unctuousness, tenderness, amiability, softness, suaveness, suavity.

Asperity Sentence Examples:

• Others might pasture on the delights of her evening attire; the winsome asperity of her childlike features, on which life had not yet left its traces, were good enough for display down there in the dining room - off with the pearl chain!

• He intimated with some asperity that he knew better than anyone else what Lady Clare did say, and he pointed out that she had just cause for resentment against a mother who had placed her in such an embarrassing position.

Homophones for Asperity:

• asseverate, aspirate, ask for it.

Hypernym for Asperity:

• n.

  • attribute
    sternness.

Hyponym for Asperity:

• n.

  • attribute
    ill nature, difficulty, difficultness.