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: General

2.Definition: extreme plainness

Related Noun(s):austereness, severeness

Category: General

3.Definition: something hard to endure

Related Noun(s):asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness

Category: General

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

Related Noun(s):badness, severeness

Category: General