asperity
Definition: | (noun) Harshness of manner; ill temper or irritability. |
Synonyms: | sharpness |
Usage: | Mr. Nickleby looked very indignant at the handmaid on being thus corrected, and demanded with much asperity what she meant. Discuss. |
Definition: | (noun) Harshness of manner; ill temper or irritability. |
Synonyms: | sharpness |
Usage: | Mr. Nickleby looked very indignant at the handmaid on being thus corrected, and demanded with much asperity what she meant. Discuss. |
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Definition: | (adjective) Of little value or importance; paltry. |
Synonyms: | fiddling, footling, niggling, piddling, piffling, trivial, petty, lilliputian, little |
Usage: | Giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction. Discuss. |
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Definition: | (adjective) Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable. |
Synonyms: | bloody-minded |
Usage: | I am an extremely considerate neighbor, yet the cantankerous old lady next door is constantly lodging complaints about me with our landlord. Discuss. |
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Definition: | (verb) Relieve from. |
Synonyms: | rid, free |
Usage: | Lord Lundie strove to disembarrass himself of his accoutrements much as an ill-trained … dog tries to escape backwards through his frilled collar. Discuss. |
Definition: | (verb) Attempt by employing effort. |
Synonyms: | strive |
Usage: | The candidate promised to endeavor to improve the quality of life in the inner city, but once in office, she did nothing of the sort. Discuss. |
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Definition: | (adjective) Incapable of being overcome, challenged, or refuted. |
Synonyms: | impregnable |
Usage: | I felt the inexpugnable strength of common sense being insidiously menaced by this gruesome, by this insane, delusion. Discuss. |
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