Severeness Common

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Severeness has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

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

badness severity severeness

something hard to endure

"the asperity of northern winters"

asperity grimness hardship rigor rigour severity severeness rigorousness rigourousness

extreme plainness

austereness severity severeness

excessive sternness

"severity of character"

"the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"

"the rigors of boot camp"

severity severeness harshness rigor rigour rigorousness rigourousness inclemency hardness stiffness

The property of being severe.

Example Sentences

"the asperity of northern winters" noun

"severity of character" noun

"the harshness of his punishment was inhuman" noun

"the rigors of boot camp" noun