Asperity
Asperity noun - Biting sharpness of feeling or expression.
Usage example: she responded with such asperity that we knew she was deeply offended by the question
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- rage and asperity
- rage and crossness
- anger and asperity
- anger and crossness
- fury and asperity
- fury and crossness
- resentment and asperity
- resentment and crossness
- roughness and asperity
- roughness and crossness
- sharpness and asperity
- sharpness and crossness
- tartness and asperity
- tartness and crossness
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Crossness and Asperity. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/asperity/crossness
Asperity & Crossness. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/asperity/crossness>.
Crossness or Asperity. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/asperity/crossness.
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