asperity

About 0.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The quality of having a rough or uneven surface; roughness, unevenness; a protruding or rough area or point on a surface; a protrusion.

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2. noun 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. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
3. noun The quality of being difficult or unpleasant to experience; a thing that is harsh and difficult to endure; a difficulty, a hardship.

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4. noun The quality of being difficult or unpleasant to experience; a thing that is harsh and difficult to endure; a difficulty, a hardship.

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5. noun The quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person; a deeply hostile or resentful feeling; an animosity, a hatred.

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6. noun Of sound: gratingness, harshness. Of taste: harshness or sharpness; acridity, tartness.
7. noun Of sound: gratingness, harshness.
8. noun Of taste: harshness or sharpness; acridity, tartness.

Similar words

grimness severity hardship rigour rigor rigorousness sharpness asperation harshness austereness

Often followed by

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Word family

asperities