severeness Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
   badness; severity.
   
2. noun something hard to endure
   hardship; rigourousness; rigor; rigorousness; rigour; asperity; grimness; severity.
   
   • the asperity of northern winters
3. noun extreme plainness
   austereness; severity.
   
4. noun excessive sternness
   harshness; stiffness; severity; inclemency; rigor; rigorousness; rigour; hardness; rigourousness.
   
   • severity of character
   • the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
   • the rigors of boot camp

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