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asper meaning in English

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asper [aspera -um, asperior -or -us, asperrimus -a -um] adjective

asperadjective
[UK: ˈæ.spə(r)] [US: ˈæ.spər]

cruel / violent / savage / raging / drasticadjective

embossed / encrustedadjective

hard [harder, hardest]adjective
[UK: hɑːd] [US: ˈhɑːrd]

mint condition coinsadjective

rude / unrefinedadjective

sour, pungent, grating, keenadjective

stern / severe / bitteradjective

asper [aspra -um, asprior -or -us, -] adjective

bitter [bitterer, bitterest]adjective
[UK: ˈbɪ.tə(r)] [US: ˈbɪ.tər]

keen [keener, keenest]adjective
[UK: kiːn] [US: ˈkiːn]

pungentadjective
[UK: ˈpʌn.dʒənt] [US: ˈpʌn.dʒənt]

rough / uneven, coarse / harshadjective

rude [ruder, rudest]adjective
[UK: ruːd] [US: ˈruːd]

savageadjective
[UK: ˈsæ.vɪdʒ] [US: ˈsæ.vɪdʒ]

sharp / pointedadjective

aspero [asperare, asperavi, asperatus] (1st) TRANS
verb

aggravate [aggravated, aggravating, aggravates]verb
[UK: ˈæ.ɡrə.veɪt] [US: ˈæ.ɡrə.ˌvet]

enrage, make fierce / violentverb

grate onverb

roughen [roughened, roughening, roughens]verb
[UK: ˈrʌf.n̩] [US: ˈrʌf.n̩]

sharpen, point, tipverb

aspere [asperius, asperrime] adverb

coarselyadverb
[UK: ˈkɔː.sli] [US: ˈkɔːr.sli]

roughly, harshly, severely, vehementlyadverb

with rough materialsadverb

aspergo [aspergere, aspersi, aspersus] (3rd) TRANS
verb

cast (slur)verb
[UK: kɑːst] [US: ˈkæst]

defile, stainverb

inflict (harm)verb
[UK: ɪn.ˈflɪkt] [US: ˌɪn.ˈflɪkt]

sprinkle / strew on, splatter, splashverb

aspergillum [aspergilli] (2nd) N
noun

aspergillum, holy water sprinkler / brushnoun

aspergo [asperginis] (3rd) F
noun

moisture in form of dropsnoun

spray, sprinkling / scatteringnoun

staining [stainings]noun
[UK: ˈsteɪn.ɪŋ] [US: ˈsteɪn.ɪŋ]

water damagenoun

asperum [asperi] (2nd) N
noun

adversity, difficulties (esp. pl.)noun

uneven / rough / harsh place / landnoun

asperitas [asperitatis] (3rd) F
noun

difficulty [difficulties]noun
[UK: ˈdɪ.fɪk.əl.ti] [US: ˈdɪ.fɪˌk.əl.ti]

fiercenessnoun
[UK: ˈfɪə.snəs] [US: ˈfɪə.snəs]

harshnessnoun
[UK: ˈhɑː.ʃnəs] [US: ˈhɑːr.ʃnəs]

roughness [roughnesses]noun
[UK: ˈrʌf.nəs] [US: ˈrʌf.nəs]

severity [severities]noun
[UK: sɪ.ˈve.rɪ.ti] [US: sɪ.ˈve.rə.ti]

shrillness, sharpnessnoun

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