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asperous

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Rough, rugged, uneven.
  2. Bitter, cruel, severe.

Examples

“[T]here needeth onely an unfolding and deplication of the inſide of this order⟳, to ſhevv, it is not ſo aſperous and thorny as our Nature apprehendeth it by the firſt glances that light⟳ upon it.”
“And as their valour, so you trow, defied / on aspe'rous voyage cruel harm⟳ and sore, / so many changing skies their manhood tried, / such climes where storm-winds blow⟳ and billows roar; […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

aspersed aspersive aspersory asperulate asperulous asphalted

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