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
- used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
Type of: intensity
Kinds: foulness, seriousness
- 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
- extreme plainness
Synonyms: austereness, severity
Type of: plainness
Related forms: severe
- 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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