[U] (rare, formal) the fact of being harsh or severe, especially in the way you speak to or treat sb:
She pointed out, with some asperity, that it had all been my fault. * There was a touch of asperity in his tone.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for asperity is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is asperity a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, asperity is tagged as noun.
Does asperity appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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