asperity

n. கடுமை, முரட்டுத்தன்மை, உறைப்பு, கடுகடுப்பு, வெடுக்குத்தனம்.

Synonyms

acerbity harshness acrimony bitterness sharpness tartness sourness roughness moroseness severity crabbedness

Antonyms

mildness softness sweetness gentleness pleasantness smoothness

As*per"i*ty, n.; pl. Asperities. Etym: [L. asperitas, fr. asper rough: cf. F. aspérité.] 1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness. "The asperities of dry bodies." Boyle. 2. Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity. 3. Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness. 4. Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness. "Asperity of character." Landor. It is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. Johnson. 5. Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty. The acclivities and asperities of duty. Barrow. Syn. -- Acrimony; moroseness; crabbedness; harshness; sourness; tartness. See Acrimony.

asperity - Similar Words

aseity austerity jaspery gaseity apertly sphericity prosperity sprit seity asper