Synonyms and Antonyms of severity

synonym (synonym of severity)

hypernym (severity IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • excessive sternness (noun.attribute)
    sternness, strictness
    uncompromising resolution (noun.attribute)
     
  • extreme plainness (noun.attribute)
    plainness
    the appearance of being plain and unpretentious (noun.attribute)
     
  • something hard to endure (noun.attribute)
    difficultness, difficulty
    the quality of being difficult (noun.attribute)
     
  • used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather (noun.attribute)
    intensity, intensiveness
    high level or degree; the property of being intense (noun.attribute)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF severity relation)

  • something hard to endure (noun.attribute)
    sternness
    the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding (noun.attribute)
     
  • used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather (noun.attribute)
    foulness, raininess
    (of weather) the badness of the weather (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    distressfulness, seriousness
    the quality of arousing fear or distress (noun.attribute)
     

derivation (.... is derived from severity)

  • excessive sternness (noun.attribute)
    abrasive, harsh
    sharply disagreeable; rigorous (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    inclement
    used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    rigorous, stringent, tight
    demanding strict attention to rules and procedures (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    rigorous, strict
    rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    hard, tough
    unfortunate or hard to bear (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    severe, spartan
    unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    harsh, rough
    unpleasantly stern (adj.all)
     
  • extreme plainness (noun.attribute)
    austere, stern
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    austere, severe, stark, stern
    severely simple (adj.all)
     
  • something hard to endure (noun.attribute)
    severe, terrible, wicked
    intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting
    not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty (adj.all)
     
  • used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather (noun.attribute)
    bad, tough
    feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    dangerous, grave, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe
    causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    severe
    very bad in degree or extent (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    bad, big
    very intense (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    hard, knockout, severe
    very strong or vigorous (adj.all)
     
synonym hypernym hyponym derivation badness severeness asperity austereness hardness harshness sternness strictness plainness difficultness difficulty intensity sternness foulness raininess distressfulness seriousness abrasive harsh inclement rigorous strict hard
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