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8-letter words (1 found)

ASPERITY,

7-letter words (11 found)

PAIREST,PARTIES,PASTIER,PIASTER,PIASTRE,PIRATES,PRATIES,PYRITES,STRIPEY,TRAIPSE,YAPSTER,

6-letter words (57 found)

AIREST,ARTIES,ARTSIE,ASEITY,ASPIRE,AYRIES,ESPRIT,ESTRAY,PAIRES,PARIES,PARITY,PARTIS,PASTER,PASTIE,PASTRY,PATERS,PAYERS,PEARST,PERAIS,PETARS,PETARY,PETSAI,PIERST,PIERTS,PIETAS,PIRATE,PRAISE,PRATES,PRATIE,PRIEST,PTERIA,PYRITE,RAPIST,REASTY,REPAST,REPAYS,RIPEST,SATIRE,SATYRE,SITREP,SPEARY,SPIREA,SPRITE,STAYER,STAYRE,STRIAE,STRIPE,STRIPY,TAPERS,TAPIRS,TERAIS,TRAPES,TRAPSE,TRIPES,TRIPEY,TYPIER,YAREST,

5-letter words (162 found)

AESIR,AIERY,AIRTS,APERS,APERT,APERY,APRES,APTER,ARETS,ARISE,ARSEY,ARTIS,ARTSY,ASPER,ASPIE,ASTER,ASTIR,ATRIP,AYRES,AYRIE,EARST,EPRIS,EYRAS,IRATE,PAIRE,PAIRS,PAISE,PARES,PARIS,PARSE,PARTI,PARTS,PARTY,PASTE,PASTY,PATER,PATES,PATSY,PAYER,PEARS,PEART,PEATS,PEATY,PERAI,PERIS,PERST,PERTS,PESTY,PETAR,PETRI,PIERS,PIERT,PIETA,PIETS,PIETY,PISTE,PITAS,PRASE,PRATE,PRATS,PRATY,PRAYS,PRESA,PREST,PREYS,PRIES,PRISE,PRYSE,PYATS,PYETS,PYRES,RAISE,RAITS,RAPES,RASPY,RATES,REAIS,REAPS,REAST,REIST,REPAY,RESAT,RESAY,RESIT,RESTY,RETIA,RIPES,RITES,SATYR,SAYER,SEITY,SEPIA,SEPTA,SERAI,SITAR,SPAER,SPAIT,SPARE,SPART,SPATE,SPEAR,SPEAT,SPEIR,SPIER,SPIRE,SPIRT,SPIRY,SPITE,SPRAT,SPRAY,SPRIT,SPYRE,STAIR,STARE,STEAR,STIPA,STIPE,STIRE,STIRP,STRAE,STRAP,STRAY,STREP,STRIA,STRIP,STYRE,TAPER,TAPES,TAPIR,TAPIS,TARES,TARPS,TARSI,TASER,TEARS,TEARY,TEPAS,TERAI,TERAS,TIARS,TIERS,TIPSY,TIRES,TRAPE,TRAPS,TRAYS,TREYS,TRIES,TRIPE,TRIPS,TRIPY,TRYPS,TYERS,TYPES,TYRES,YATES,YEARS,YEAST,YETIS,YIPES,YITES,YRAPT,

4-letter words (166 found)

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3-letter words (99 found)

AIR,AIS,AIT,APE,APT,ARE,ARS,ART,ARY,ASP,ATE,ATS,AYE,AYS,EAR,EAS,EAT,ERA,ERS,EST,ETA,IRE,ITA,ITS,PAR,PAS,PAT,PAY,PEA,PER,PES,PET,PIA,PIE,PIR,PIS,PIT,PRE,PRY,PSI,PST,PYA,PYE,RAI,RAP,RAS,RAT,RAY,REI,REP,RES,RET,RIA,RIP,RIT,RYA,RYE,SAE,SAI,SAP,SAR,SAT,SAY,SEA,SEI,SER,SET,SEY,SIP,SIR,SIT,SPA,SPY,SRI,STY,SYE,TAE,TAI,TAP,TAR,TAS,TAY,TEA,TES,TIE,TIP,TIS,TRY,TYE,YAE,YAP,YAR,YAS,YEA,YEP,YER,YES,YET,YIP,

2-letter words (23 found)

AE,AI,AR,AS,AT,AY,EA,ER,ES,ET,IS,IT,PA,PE,PI,RE,SI,ST,TA,TE,TI,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 520 words from asperity according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of asperity

asperity

Etymology

From Middle English asprete, asperite, from Old French aspreté, from Latin asperitās, from asper (“rough”). Doublet of asperitas.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈspɛɹɪti/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈspɛɹɪɾi/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɹɪti

Noun

asperity (countable and uncountable, plural asperities)

  1. The quality of being harsh or severe in the way one speaks or behaves toward people.
    Synonyms: acerbity, harshness, severity, sharpness
    • 1583, Christopher Rosdell (translator), A Commentarie upon the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romanes by John Calvin, London: John Harrison and George Bishop, Chapter 7,[2]
      But least he shoulde offend the Iewes with the asperitie of the word, if hee had said that the lawe was dead, hee vsed a digression, or deflection, saying, we are dead to the law.
  2. The quality of being difficult or unpleasant to experience.
    Synonyms: harshness, rigour, severity
    • 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 32, Volume 1, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, p. 278,[5]
      […] if punishment fall upon innocence, […] patience […] is much easier, since our pain is then without aggravation, and we have not the bitterness of remorse to add to the asperity of misfortune.
  3. The quality of having a rough or uneven surface.
    Synonyms: bumpiness, roughness, ruggedness, unevenness
    Antonym: smoothness
    • c. 1553, Humphrey Llwyd (translator), The Treasury of Healthe, London: William Coplande, “A Boke conteyning the names of compound medecines,”[6]
      Oyle of swete Almondes and of sisami taketh away the asperitie and roughenesse of the throte.
  4. (countable) Something that is harsh and difficult to endure.
  5. (countable) An area that protrudes from a surface.
    Synonyms: bump, protuberance
  6. (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. [since 1981]

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