Noun Definition
severity
1.Definition: excessive sternness
"Severity of character", "The harshness of his punishment was inhuman", "The rigors of boot camp"
Related Noun(s):hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, stiffness
Category: General2.Definition: extreme plainness
Related Noun(s):austereness, severeness
Category: General3.Definition: something hard to endure
Related Noun(s):asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness
Category: General4.Definition: used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
Related Noun(s):badness, severeness
Category: General