ASPERITIES Synonyms

• used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather

• something hard to endure

• extreme plainness

• excessive sternness

• a quick and penetrating intelligence

• the attribute of urgency in tone of voice

• a strong odor or taste property

• the quality of being keenly and painfully felt

• thinness of edge or fineness of point

• the quality of being sharp and clear

• harshness of manner

• the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions

• the quality of being sharply disagreeable

• the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

• used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather

• language or humor that is down-to-earth

• the quality of being composed of relatively large particles

• looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)

• the quality of lacking taste and refinement

• a wild or unrefined state

• an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement

• an unpolished unrefined quality

• the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale

• a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering

• devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness

• the quality of being difficult to do

• excessive sternness

• the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions

• the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses

• the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

• excessive sternness

• the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending

• the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe

• a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven

• the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses

• an unpolished unrefined quality

• used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather

• rowdy behavior

• the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion

• harsh or severe speech or behavior

• the property of being big and strong

• the quality of being topologically uneven

• the quality of being difficult to do

• the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding

• uncompromising resolution

• enduring strength and energy

• the property of being big and strong

• the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking

• impressive difficulty

• the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity

• the quality of being unbalanced

• the quality of being ghastly

• something hard to endure

• a state of misfortune or affliction

• something hard to endure

• something that causes or entails suffering

• something hard to endure

• excessive sternness

• the quality of being valid and rigorous

• something hard to endure

• excessive sternness