Asperity and Unctuousness

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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

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Unctuousness is an antonym for asperity.

Unctuousness noun - Smug self-serving earnestness.

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Asperity is an antonym for unctuousness.

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Unctuousness and Asperity. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/asperity/unctuousness

Asperity & Unctuousness. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/asperity/unctuousness>.

Unctuousness or Asperity. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/asperity/unctuousness.

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