severeness meaning

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severeness (noun): used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather.

severeness has 4 meanings in this dictionary.

severeness as a noun

  1. used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather

    Synonyms: badness, severity

    Type of: intensity

    Kinds: foulness, seriousness

    Related forms: bad, severe

  2. something hard to endure
    • the asperity of northern winters

    Synonyms: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, rigorousness, rigourousness

    Type of: difficulty

    Kinds: sternness

    Related forms: severe

  3. extreme plainness

    Synonyms: austereness, severity

    Type of: plainness

    Related forms: severe

  4. excessive sternness
    • severity of character
    • the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
    • the rigors of boot camp

    Synonyms: severity, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness

    Type of: sternness

    Related forms: severe

Scrabble score: 13 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SE · words ending in SS · 10-letter words

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