8 Letter Words for Asperity
asperity
7 Letter Words for Asperity
atrepsy, parties, pastier, piaster, pirates, praties, pyrites, raspite, sepiary, sperity, spirate, spyeria, stripey, tapiser, traipse, yapster
6 Letter Words for Asperity
airest, ariste, arties, aseity, aspire, atresy, ayries, epitra, esprit, estray, paires, paries, pariet, parity, partes, partie, partis, paster, pastie, pastry, patesi, patise, payers, pearst, perais, persia, petars, petary, petsai, pierst, pietas, pirate, piraty, praise, prates, pratey, pratie, presay, priest, pteria, pteris, pyrite, rapist, reasty, reisty, repast, repays, ripest, satire, sirpea, sitrep, speary, spirae, spirea, sprite, stairy, stayer, stayre, striae, stripe, stripy, strype, tapers, tapery, tapirs, tepary, terais, trapes, tripes, tripey, typier, yarest
5 Letter Words for Asperity
aesir, aiery, airts, apers, apert, apery, apres, apter, arest, arets, aries, arise, arist, arite, artsy, asper, aster, astir, astre, atrip, ayres, ayrie, earst, epist, epris, eyras, irate, iters, paire, pairs, pairt, paise, pares, paris, parse, parsi, parte, parti, parts, party, paste, pasty, pates, patsy, payer, pears, peart, peasy, peats, peaty, perai, peris, perit, perst, perts, perty, pesty, petar, petas, petri, piers, piert, piest, pieta, piets, piety, pisay, piste, pitas, prase, prate, prats, praty, prays, presa, preta, preys, pries, pryse, ptyas, pyats, pyets, pyres, raise, raits, rapes, raspy, rasty, rates, reais, reaps, reast, reasy, reist, repas, repay, resat, resay, resit, resty, retia, retip, ripes, rites, sairy, sapir, sapit, sarip, satyr, sayer, seary, seity, sepia, septa, serai, serta, siper, sitar, spaer, spair, spait, spare, spart, spary, spate, spear, speat, speir, spier, spira, spire, spiry, spite, sprat, spray, spret, sprit, spyer, stair, stare, stary, stear, steri, stipa, stipe, stire, stirp, strae, strap, stray, strep, strey, stria, strip, styre, syria, taise, taper, tapes, tapir, tapis, tares, tarie, tarps, tarse, tarsi, taser, tayer, tayir, tears, teary, teasy, tepas, terai, terap, teras, tiars, tiers, tipsy, tires, tisar, trape, traps, trasy, trays, treas, treys, trias, tries, tripe, trips, tripy, trypa, tryps, tyers, typer, types, yates, years, yeast, yeats, yetis, yipes, yites, ypres, yrapt
4 Letter Words for Asperity
aire, airs, airt, airy, aits, aper, apes, apis, apse, apts, ares, aret, aris, arte, arts, arty, aspy, astr, ates, atip, atis, atry, ayes, ayre, ears, east, easy, eats, eira, eiry, epit, eras, erat, eria, eris, erst, espy, etas, eyas, eyra, iare, ipse, ires, irpe, itas, iter, itsy, iyar, pair, pais, pare, pari, pars, part, pase, pasi, past, pate, pats, paty, paye, pays, payt, peai, pear, peas, peat, peri, pers, pert, pesa, pest, peta, pets, pias, pier, pies, piet, pirs, pisa, pise, pist, pita, pits, pity, prat, pray, pres, pret, prey, prie, prys, psia, pyas, pyat, pyes, pyet, pyre, rais, rait, rape, raps, rapt, rasp, rast, rate, rats, rays, reap, reit, reps, rept, resp, rest, rets, rias, ries, ripa, ripe, rips, ript, rise, risp, rist, rita, rite, rits, ryas, ryes, rype, saip, sair, sare, sari, sart, sate, sati, sear, seat, seir, seit, sept, sert, seta, sier, sipe, sire, sita, site, spae, spar, spat, spay, spet, spie, spit, spry, stap, star, stay, step, ster, stey, stie, stir, stra, stre, sype, syre, syrt, tais, tape, taps, tare, tari, tarp, tars, tays, teap, tear, teas, tepa, tera, terp, tiar, tier, ties, tipe, tips, tire, trap, tray, tres, trey, trie, trip, trye, tryp, tsia, tyer, tyes, type, yair, yaps, yare, yate, yati, year, yeas, yeat, yeps, yest, yeta, yeti, yipe, yips, yite
3 Letter Words for Asperity
aer, aes, air, ais, ait, ape, apr, apt, are, ars, art, ary, ase, asp, ast, ate, atp, aye, ayr, ays, ear, eas, eat, eir, epa, epi, era, ers, ert, esp, esr, est, eta, ety, eyr, ipr, ips, ira, ire, irs, ise, ist, ita, its, par, pas, pat, pay, pea, per, pes, pet, pia, pie, pir, pis, pit, pre, prs, pry, psi, pst, pta, pte, pts, pty, pya, pye, pyr, rai, rap, ras, rat, ray, rea, rei, rep, res, ria, rie, rip, rit, rps, rpt, rte, rti, rya, rye, sai, sap, sar, sat, say, sea, sei, sep, ser, set, sey, sie, sip, sir, sit, spa, spt, spy, sri, sta, str, sty, sye, syr, tai, tap, tar, tas, tay, tea, ter, tes, tie, tip, tis, tpi, tps, tra, tri, trp, trs, try, tsi, tsp, tye, typ, tyr, yap, yar, yas, yat, yea, yep, yer, yes, yet, yip, yis, yrs
Definitions for Asperity
[1] harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony: The cause of her anger did not warrant such asperity.
[2] hardship; difficulty; rigor: the asperities of polar weather.
[3] roughness of surface; unevenness.
[4] something rough or harsh.
[5] roughness or sharpness of temper
[6] roughness or harshness of a surface, sound, taste, etc
[7] a condition hard to endure; affliction
[8] physics the elastically compressed region of contact between two surfaces caused by the normal force
Words related to Asperity
irritability, acrimony, sullenness, tartness, sharpness, bitterness, roughness, difficulty, acerbity, irascibility, peevishness, meanness, sourness, crabbiness, moroseness, crossness
Words nearby Asperity
asperges, aspergilloma, aspergillosis, aspergillum, aspergillus, asperity, aspermatism, aspermia, asperse, aspersion, aspersorium
Origin of Asperity
1200–50; late Middle English asperite (< Anglo-French ) < Latin asperitās, equivalent to asper rough + -itās -ity; replacing Middle English asprete < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin
Word origin for Asperity
C16: from Latin asperitās, from asper rough
Synonyms for Asperity
acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, crabbiness, crossness, difficulty, disagreeableness, irascibility, irritability, meanness, moroseness, peevishness, roughness, sharpness, sourness, sullenness, tartness, churlishness