Synonyms for severeness
severe·ness

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1. badness, severity, severenessnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   hardship, rigor, naughtiness, austereness, harshness, hardness, asperity, stiffness, bad, inclemency, badness, rigorousness, mischievousness, grimness, severity, rigourousness, rigour

2. asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousnessnoun

   something hard to endure

   "the asperity of northern winters"

   Synonyms:
   hardness, cogency, hard knocks, rigor, austereness, harshness, gruesomeness, asperity, luridness, rigour, stiffness, inclemency, badness, adversity, hardship, rigorousness, sharpness, grimness, severity, rigourousness, ghastliness, validity

3. austereness, severity, severenessnoun

   extreme plainness

   Synonyms:
   harshness, rigour, rigourousness, hardship, badness, severity, grimness, austereness, asperity, inclemency, rigorousness, hardness, rigor, stiffness

4. severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffnessnoun

   excessive sternness

   "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"

   Synonyms:
   insensibility, ruggedness, callosity, grimness, awkwardness, rigor, unfeelingness, austereness, harshness, hardness, asperity, stiffness, callousness, scratchiness, roughness, cogency, gracelessness, inclemency, inclementness, badness, bad weather, hardship, rigorousness, cruelty, cruelness, clumsiness, abrasiveness, severity, rigourousness, rigour, validity

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