SEVERENESS
Scrabble letter values: S1E1V4E1R1E1N1E1S1S1 = 13
Definition
- noun used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather. — synonyms: badness, severity
- noun something hard to endure. — synonyms: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, rigorousness, rigourousness
- noun extreme plainness. — synonyms: austereness, severity
- noun excessive sternness. — synonyms: severity, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness
Examples
- “the asperity of northern winters”
- “severity of character”
- “the harshness of his punishment was inhuman”