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sharpness

n. the quality of being keenly and painfully felt; "the sharpness of her loss"

Sharpness

n. [the state or condition of having a fine point or a cutting edge]

asperity, sharpness

n. harshness of manner

sharpness, keenness

n. thinness of edge or fineness of point

edge, sharpness

n. the attribute of urgency in tone of voice; "his voice had an edge to it"

sharpness, pungency

n. a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind"

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bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness

n. a rough and bitter manner

abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness

n. an abrupt discourteous manner

sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remark

n. witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

irascibility, short temper, spleen, quick temper

n. a feeling of resentful anger

severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness

n. excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"

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indistinctness, softness, blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness

n. the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines

Bluntness

n. [the state or condition of not having a fine point or cutting edge]

dullness, bluntness

n. without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"

dullness, bluntness

n. without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"

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