asperity
/əˈspɛrəti/
noun
- Harshness or roughness of tone, manner, or temper.
- The manager's asperity during the meeting made everyone uncomfortable.
- Despite the asperity in his voice, he was actually trying to help.
- She replied with unexpected asperity, surprising her usually calm friend.
- Roughness or unevenness of a surface.
- The asperity of the old stone wall made it difficult to climb.
- The sandpaper reduced the asperity of the wooden plank.
- Geologists measure the asperity of rock surfaces to understand erosion patterns.
- Severity or harshness of weather or conditions.
- The asperity of the winter storm forced the school to close.
- The asperity of life in the early frontier tested everyone's endurance.
- Hikers prepared for the asperity of the desert climate.
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