Synonyms and Antonyms of severity

used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather (noun.attribute)

something hard to endure (noun.attribute)

extreme plainness (noun.attribute)

excessive sternness (noun.attribute)

uncompromising resolution (noun.attribute)

the appearance of being plain and unpretentious (noun.attribute)

the quality of being difficult (noun.attribute)

high level or degree; the property of being intense (noun.attribute)

the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding (noun.attribute)

(of weather) the badness of the weather (noun.attribute)

the quality of arousing fear or distress (noun.attribute)

sharply disagreeable; rigorous (adj.all)

used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy (adj.all)

demanding strict attention to rules and procedures (adj.all)

rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard (adj.all)

unfortunate or hard to bear (adj.all)

unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment (adj.all)

unpleasantly stern (adj.all)

of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect (adj.all)

severely simple (adj.all)

intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality (adj.all)

not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty (adj.all)

feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') (adj.all)

causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm (adj.all)

very bad in degree or extent (adj.all)

very intense (adj.all)

very strong or vigorous (adj.all)