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
- anger and asperity
- anger and hostility
- resentment and asperity
- resentment and hostility
- wrath and asperity
- wrath and hostility
- animosity and asperity
- animosity and hostility
- meanness and asperity
- meanness and hostility
- bitterness and asperity
- bitterness and hostility
- gall and asperity
- gall and hostility
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Hostility and Asperity. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/asperity/hostility
Asperity & Hostility. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/asperity/hostility>.
Hostility or Asperity. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/asperity/hostility.
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