SEVERITY

/səˈvɛɹɨti/ ► audio Scrabble 14 Words With Friends 14

Definition

  1. noun used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather. — synonyms: badness, severeness
  2. noun something hard to endure. — synonyms: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness
  3. noun extreme plainness. — synonyms: austereness, severeness
  4. noun excessive sternness. — synonyms: severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness

Examples

  • “The severity of the offence merits a long prison sentence.”

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