Top synonyms for “severity”: asperity, austereness, badness, grimness, hardness, hardship, harshness, inclemency, and 6 more below.
Definitions
- (noun)excessive sternness“severity of character”
- (noun)extreme plainness
- (noun)something hard to endure“the asperity of northern winters”
- (noun)used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
Definitions sourced from Princeton WordNet (BSD license).
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What is another word for "severity"?
Common synonyms for "severity" include asperity, austereness, badness, grimness, hardness, hardship. Our thesaurus lists 14 total alternatives drawn from Princeton WordNet. Click any synonym to find its rhymes.
What does "severity" mean?
excessive sternness Example: "severity of character"
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