Chapter Articulated to Assent of A by Soule's Synonymes

Asperity, n.

1. Roughness, ruggedness, unevenness.

2. Acrimony, tartness, sourness, sharpness, causticity, corrosiveness.

3. Harshness, moroseness, sternness, severity, virulence, crabbedness, bitterness, churlishness, acerbity, sullenness, ill-temper See acrimony.

Asperse, v. a. Vilify, slander, calumniate, traduce, defame, disparage, slur, censure, impugn, malign, revile, lampoon, backbite, attack, abuse, blacken, blemish, besmirch, bespatter, befoul, defile. run down, detract from, speak ill of, accuse falsely, reflect upon, cast reflections upon, animadvert upon, cast reproach upon, vituperate, cast obloquy upon.

Aspersion, n. Calumny, detraction, censure, slander, defamation, abuse, vituperation, obloquy, reproach, reflection, backbiting, reviling, traducing. See preceding verb.

Asphalt, Asphaltum, n. Native bitumen, mineral pitch, Jew’s pitch.

Asphalte, n. Artificial bitumen, having asphalt, roofing asphalt, asphaltic cement.

Aspirant, n.

1. Aspirer, ambitious person.

2. Candidate, seeker, solicitor, solicitant, suitor, competitor.

Aspirate, a.

1. Aspirated, toneless, unintonated, atonic, surd, pronounced with a simple breathing, not vocal, without vocality, without tone.

2. Pronounced with the rough breathing.

Aspirate, n. (Gram.) Rough breathing.

Aspirate, v. a. Pronounce with an aspirate or rough breathing.

Aspirated, a. See aspirate, a.

Aspiration, n.

1. Pronouncing or pronunciation with the rough breathing.

2. Longing, yearning, craving, ardent wish or desire, spiritual elevation, upward looking, yearning after excellence.