severity

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Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being severe.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness.

Synonyms

harshness
47k
rigour
rigor
C2
strictness
cruelty
C1
sternness
severeness
austerity
32k
rigorousness
hardness
41k
seriousness
C2
fierceness
intensity
C2
violence
B1
rigidity
48k
roughness
44k
gravity
B2
acuteness
inclemency
asperity
rigourousness
sharpness
49k
vehemence
stringency
grimness
stiffness
45k
solemnity
badness
42k
virulence
austereness
hardship
C2

sterness

starkness
oppression
C2
intenseness
keenness
difficulty
C1
despotism
tyranny
C2
verjuice
hard-heartedness
chilliness
acrimony
firmness
43k
poignancy
inhospitableness
earnestness
acridness
strenuousness
degree
B2
Translations

Strenge
severidad
sévérité
Härte
austérité
severidade

strengheid

rigueur
rigor
rigore
severità
Heftigkeit
severitat

δριμύτητα

Frequency

22k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/səˈvɛɹəti/
Etymology

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

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