Asper(a.) Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.
Asper(n.) The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus \"ws, pronounced h/s, \"rh`twr, pronounced hra\"t/r.
Asper(n.) A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.
Asperate(v. t.) To make rough or uneven.
Asperated(imp. & p. p.) of Asperate
Asperating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Asperate
Asperation(n.) The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
Asperities(pl. ) of Asperity
Asperity(n.) Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness.
Asperity(n.) Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
Asperity(n.) Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
Asperity(n.) Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.
Asperity(n.) Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
Asperous(a.) Rough; uneven.
Words within asperates