severity
/səˈvɛɹ.ə.ti/noun4 syllables
Severity means: excessive sternness.
Synonyms for severity14
noun, as in excessive sternness
severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness
noun, as in something hard to endure
noun, as in used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
badness, severeness
noun, as in extreme plainness
austereness, severeness
What does severity mean?4
noun
1
excessive sternness“severity of character”
2
something hard to endure“the asperity of northern winters”
3
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
4
extreme plainness
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with severity?2
three syllables
four syllables
austerity
Show 37 near rhymes
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Severity in a sentence
- His running away from home is due to his father's severity.CM
- I think perhaps you don't understand the severity of the situation.CK
- I think that perhaps you don't understand the severity of the situation.CK
- I think maybe you don't understand the severity of the situation.CK
- I think that maybe you don't understand the severity of the situation.CK
- I think you don't understand the severity of the situation.CK
- I think that you don't understand the severity of the situation.CK
- The severity of the laws is mitigated by the nonbinding nature of their implementation.AlanF_US
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Forms of severity
as a noun
- plural
- severities