Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A making rough. Bailey.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
asperating ; a making or becomingrough .
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Examples
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"Of course we collect dinosaurs," the gnome said in ex - asperation.
Stalling 2010
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Hope you are as irritated at Brown when he talked of asperation yesterday.
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Cameron is right in saying we need change and asperation.
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Now, after knocking all asperation out of millions of Brits, he decides he is the asperation guru.
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A strange asperation for a worker I know, but a very meaningful concept which if you don't give it some thought you can be caught up with not letting go.
Purpose Dave Hingsburger 2007
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Just because someone is asked an inappropriate question, does that give them license to claim that being Jewish is an asperation, or an insult?
Waldo Jaquith - Allen’s bizarre Jewish heritage tirade. 2006
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This is what Linda is worried about - once I can't get out of bed, lung asperation and degeration is expected soon after along with the vascular degeration due to lack of exercise, which will result in more TIA's and more seizures, and possible stokes.
Losing it (a horrid encounter to grief and change) Elizabeth McClung 2008
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And in my time in online games I've even been a member to guilds whose highest asperation had nothing to do with loot at all but sought to be well known as helpers and "good" people, or even as disruptors of gameplay.
Religion in MMOGs 2006
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"Of course we collect dinosaurs," the gnome said in ex - asperation.
Kendermore Kirchoff, Mary 1989
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Will the increase of their numbers tend to allay this ex asperation?
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