asperities (0 synonym found)

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Definition of asperities:

(n) : (figurative) (uncountable) The quality of being difficult or unpleasant to experience; (countable) a thing that is harsh and difficult to endure; a difficulty, a hardship.
(n) : (figurative) (uncountable) The quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person; (countable, chiefly in the plural) a deeply hostile or resentful feeling; an animosity, a hatred.
(n) : (uncountable) The quality of having a rough or uneven surface; roughness, unevenness; (countable, chiefly in the plural) a protruding or rough area or point on a surface; a protrusion.
(n) : (countable, geology) A section of a fault line with high friction, such that there is no movement along this part of the fault except during an earthquake.
(n) : (figurative) (uncountable, archaic) Of sound: gratingness, harshness.
(n) : (figurative) (uncountable, archaic) Of taste: harshness or sharpness; acridity, tartness.

Definition of asperities:

(n) : (figurative) (uncountable) The quality of being difficult or unpleasant to experience; (countable) a thing that is harsh and difficult to endure; a difficulty, a hardship.
(n) : (figurative) (uncountable) The quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person; (countable, chiefly in the plural) a deeply hostile or resentful feeling; an animosity, a hatred.
(n) : (uncountable) The quality of having a rough or uneven surface; roughness, unevenness; (countable, chiefly in the plural) a protruding or rough area or point on a surface; a protrusion.
(n) : (countable, geology) A section of a fault line with high friction, such that there is no movement along this part of the fault except during an earthquake.
(n) : (figurative) (uncountable, archaic) Of sound: gratingness, harshness.
(n) : (figurative) (uncountable, archaic) Of taste: harshness or sharpness; acridity, tartness.

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