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List of meaning for severity

the state of being strong and intense

badness, severity, severeness(noun)

used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather

asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness(noun)

something hard to endure

"the asperity of northern winters"

austereness, severity, severeness(noun)

extreme plainness

severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness(noun)

excessive sternness

"severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"

the quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism)

even though no one expected the film to be a hit with the critics, the director was taken aback by the severity of the criticism

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