severity

Meaning

1. The state of being severe.
2. The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness.

Synonyms

harshness

rigour

cruelty

strictness

rigor

sternness

severeness

austerity

rigorousness

hardness

intensity

seriousness

fierceness

acuteness

roughness

violence

inclemency

gravity

rigidity

rigourousness

asperity

vehemence

sharpness

stringency

solemnity

grimness

stiffness

austereness

badness

intenseness

starkness

sterness

keenness

virulence

hardship

oppression

tyranny

inhospitableness

firmness

earnestness

verjuice

poignancy

difficulty

despotism

chilliness

acrimony

hard-heartedness

strenuousness

acridness

rapidity

rigidness

ruggedness

ruthlessness

scabrousness

scrape

scratchiness

sensitivity

severity code

simplicity

snag

solemnness

staidness

strength

tartness

tightness

tremendousness

trouble

unkindness

urgency

wickedness

inclementness

tryranny

nonindulgence

abrasiveness

pipsquancy

acerbity

acridity

addition

aggressiveness

amplitude

arduousness

arrogance

bareness

bitterness

callosity

challenge

chasteness

coarseness

complexity

complicacy

crispness

criticalness

crudeness

degree

dignity

evil

evilness

ferocity

frequency

frost

grave

🪦

graveness

hardheartedness

harsh

hassle

heaviness

hitch

impending

impetuosity

incidence

inconvenience

inexorability

intricacy

irritableness

magnitude

maleficence

malignity

nakedness

nefariousness

plainness

pressure

problem

pungency

Translations

severidad

Strenge

sévérité

Härte

austérité

rigor

rigueur

Heftigkeit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səˈvɛɹəti/

Etymology

From severe + -ity, from Middle French severite, from Latin severitas.

Sentences

However , perceived social support may be directly affected by the severity of the trauma .