asperity

asperity is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness.
2. noun. Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
3. noun. Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
4. noun. Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.
5. noun. Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
6. noun. harshness of manner

   Synonyms: sharpness

7. noun. something hard to endure

   "the asperity of northern winters"

   Synonyms: grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity

Synonyms

sharpness, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity

Common word forms

asperities

Words from these letters

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