asper

Speech parts

1. asper - Noun

2. asper - Adjective

3. Asper - Proper noun

Meaning

Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.

The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus "ws, pronounced h/s, "rh`twr, pronounced hra"t/r.

A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

under according to in accordance with memo opener

Hypernyms

turkish monetary unit

Anagrams

parse prase spare spear apres Earps Pears presa RESPA sarpe spaer Spera rapes reaps

Examples

Asper and Morton helped rescue Global, partnering with Toronto radio veteran Allan Slaight in an $11.2 million bailout. Source: Internet

Full performance of the monologues will take place Mar. 12 at the Asper Centre for Theatre and Film. Source: Internet

It’s been incredibly rewarding to be at the Asper School and before that at the University of Winnipeg. Source: Internet

The Globe and Mail's Edward Greenspon saw Asper in 1987 as "a raspy-voiced chain-smoker whose fast-talking and outgoing style turn as many people off as on." Source: Internet

By then, Asper was himself a Liberal politician, having assumed the leadership of the party's Manitoba branch in 1970. Source: Internet

" Reasons for the biased media coverage, according to Asper, ranged from negligence to malice. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

aspen tree aspenglow aspenlike asperand asperate asperation