Severity

noun

sɪ'vɛrɪti

Noun

excessive sternness
“severity of character”
Similar:HardnessHarshnessInclemencyRigorRigorousness
Type of:SternnessStrictness
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
Similar:BadnessSevereness
Type of:IntensivenessIntensity
something hard to endure
Similar:AsperityGrimnessHardship RigorRigorousness
Type of:DifficultnessDifficulty
extreme plainness
Similar:AusterenessSevereness
Type of:Plainness

Dictionary Validity

Tournament Word List (TWL): Scrabble US
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21): Scrabble UK
ENABLE Dictionary: Words With Friends
Combined US/UK Scrabble Dictionary: SOWPODS
North American Scrabble (NWL2020): NASPA

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