- excessive sternness
- severity of character
- the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
- the rigors of boot camp
Synonym: severityharshnessrigorrigourrigorousnessrigourousnessinclemencyhardnessstiffness
- extreme plainness
Synonym: austerenessseverity
- something hard to endure
- the asperity of northern winters
Synonym: asperitygrimnesshardshiprigorrigourseverityrigorousnessrigourousness
- used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
Synonym: badnessseverity