severity
/sɪvˈɛrɪti/
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Definitions
Noun
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
Noun
something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
Noun
extreme plainness
Noun
excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
Synonyms
asperity
austereness
badness
grimness
hardness
hardship
harshness
inclemency
rigor
rigorousness
rigour
rigourousness
severeness
stiffness