severeness English

Meaning severeness meaning

What does severeness mean?

severeness

— noun (= severity, harshness, rigor, rigour) excessive sternness severity of character the harshness of his punishment was inhuman the rigors of boot camp

— noun (= austereness) extreme plainness

— noun (= badness) used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather

— noun (= asperity) something hard to endure the asperity of northern winters

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severeness English » English

severity

rigour

rigor

sternness

strictness

rigourousness

rigorousness

austerity

seriousness

inclemency

hardness

austereness

stringency

stiffness

starkness

harshness

hardship

grimness

gravity

badness

asperity

acuteness

staidness

simplicity

relentlessness

nonindulgence

nakedness

mercilessness

inhospitableness

graveness

firmness

earnestness

crudeness

chasteness

bareness