asperity: severity of tone, manner, or temper; roughness; harshness
asperity ------ roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness
asperity ------ sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter
asperity ------severity; harshness; irritability
asperity ------ biting in whit-negative
asperity ------ sharpness (of temper)
These remarks, spoken with asperity, stung the boys to whom they had been directed.
asperity ------ harshness; roughness
asperity-----sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter
12 apserity <> mildness
asperity n.严酷, 粗暴, 刻薄
839. asperity
depth
mildness
imprecision
leisure
indifference
粗鲁(艰苦)
深度
温和
不精确
闲暇
无动于衷，冷漠
Answer
asperity<>mildness of temper 严酷<>脾气温和
asperity roughness harshness ill temper irritability
Synonyms: harshness, sharpness
The asperity with which she spoke revealed her anger about the situation.
The man used asperity to frighten the girl out of going.
The asperity of the winter had most everybody yearning for spring.
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