SEVERENESS Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the word severeness. (close relations)
Definition of SEVERENESS
Best Alternative Words for SEVERENESS
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severity | nounn | |||||||
noun • used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather • something hard to endure • extreme plainness • excessive sternness | ||||||||
rigor | nounn | |||||||
noun • something hard to endure • the quality of being valid and rigorous • excessive sternness | ||||||||
hardness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale • a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering • devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness • the quality of being difficult to do • excessive sternness | ||||||||
harshness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions • the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses • the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance • excessive sternness | ||||||||
austerity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) | ||||||||
gravity | nounn | |||||||
noun • (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface • a manner that is serious and solemn • a solemn and dignified feeling | ||||||||
immovability | nounn | |||||||
noun • not capable of being moved or rearranged | ||||||||
inflexibility | nounn | |||||||
noun • a lack of physical flexibility • the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe | ||||||||
rigidity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending • the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe | ||||||||
seriousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • an earnest and sincere feeling • the quality of arousing fear or distress • the trait of being serious | ||||||||
sternness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding • uncompromising resolution | ||||||||
strictness | nounn | |||||||
noun • conscientious attention to rules and details • uncompromising resolution | ||||||||
stringency | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit • conscientious attention to rules and details | ||||||||
rigorousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • something hard to endure • excessive sternness | ||||||||
rigour | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being valid and rigorous • something hard to endure • excessive sternness | ||||||||
rigourousness | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • something hard to endure • excessive sternness | ||||||||
asperity | nounn | |||||||
noun • something hard to endure • harshness of manner | ||||||||
austereness | nounn | |||||||
noun • extreme plainness | ||||||||
badness | nounn | |||||||
noun • that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency • used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather • an attribute of mischievous children | ||||||||
grimness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being ghastly • something hard to endure | ||||||||