Definition for Severity:

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

Synonyms for Severity:

• n.

  •
  • extremity,
  • explosiveness,
  • seriousness.
  •
  • distance,
  • easy,
  • frigidity,
  • aloofness,
  • the knives are out.
  •
  • depth,
  • big,
  • pitch,
  • unsightliness,
  • ugliness,
  • plainness,
  • unattractiveness,
  • violence,
  • strong.
  •asceticism (noun)
  • abstinence,
  • abstemiousness,
  • asceticism,
  • stoicism,
  • parsimony,
  • celibacy,
  • repentance,
  • teetotalism,
  • miserliness.
  •austerity (noun)
  • bareness,
  • simplicity,
  • economy.
  •badness (noun)
  • badness.
  •classicism (noun)
  • class,
  • elegance,
  • dignity,
  • clarity,
  • grandeur,
  • excellence,
  • rhythm,
  • hellenism,
  • propriety,
  • objectivity,
  • sobriety,
  • proportion,
  • finish,
  • lucidity,
  • Atticism,
  • Ciceronianism,
  • balance,
  • refinement,
  • majesty,
  • polish,
  • symmetry.
  •cruelty (noun)
  • despotism,
  • coarseness,
  • coldness,
  • masochism,
  • barbarism,
  • malice,
  • rancor,
  • depravity,
  • viciousness,
  • animality,
  • bestiality,
  • insensibility,
  • persecution,
  • sadism,
  • truculence,
  • barbarity,
  • venom,
  • wickedness,
  • malignity,
  • torture.
  •degree (noun)
  • link,
  • length,
  • rung,
  • stage,
  • reach,
  • scale,
  • stairs,
  • standard,
  • interval,
  • scope,
  • amplitude,
  • limit,
  • point,
  • strength,
  • tier,
  • extent,
  • grade,
  • range,
  • plane,
  • notch,
  • ratio,
  • caliber,
  • stair,
  • dimension,
  • rate,
  • line,
  • stint,
  • amount,
  • step,
  • division,
  • gradation,
  • quantity,
  • expanse,
  • mark,
  • size,
  • tenor,
  • height,
  • shade,
  • space,
  • period,
  • quality,
  • gauge,
  • term.
  •dictatorship (noun)
  • tyranny.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • hardness,
  • cumbersomeness,
  • difficulty,
  • strenuousness,
  • complexity,
  • onerousness,
  • toughness,
  • formidability,
  • ticklishness,
  • adversity,
  • contrariness,
  • knottiness,
  • tightness,
  • trickiness,
  • cantankerousness,
  • complication,
  • stressfulness,
  • wearisomeness,
  • ordeal,
  • wearying.
  •fastidiousness (noun)
  • diligence,
  • fussiness,
  • carefulness,
  • conscientiousness,
  • persnicketiness,
  • properness,
  • fastidiousness,
  • flawlessness,
  • accuracy,
  • criticalness,
  • literalism,
  • prudishness,
  • daintiness,
  • exactingness,
  • particularity,
  • delicacy,
  • discrimination,
  • priggishness.
  •ferociousness (noun)
  • cruelness.
  •fury (noun)
  • furor,
  • fire,
  • force,
  • might,
  • asperity,
  • ire,
  • power,
  • frenzy,
  • turbulence,
  • acrimony,
  • energy,
  • indignation,
  • passion,
  • rage,
  • sore,
  • conniption,
  • stew,
  • flare-up,
  • madness,
  • rise.
  •gravity (noun)
  • consequence,
  • exigency,
  • significance,
  • concern,
  • solemnity.
  •grimness (noun)
  • grimness.
  •hardship (noun)
  • hardship.
  •harshness (noun)
  • harshness.
  •painfulness (noun)
  • agony,
  • arduousness,
  • anguish,
  • aggravation,
  • irritation,
  • bitterness,
  • woefulness,
  • misery,
  • uncomfortableness,
  • painfulness,
  • annoyingness,
  • torment,
  • distressfulness,
  • odiousness,
  • hurtfulness,
  • irksomeness,
  • ache,
  • unpleasantness,
  • offensiveness,
  • soreness,
  • grievousness.
  •rigor (noun)
  • precision,
  • privation,
  • stiffness,
  • affliction,
  • firmness,
  • stringency,
  • thoroughness,
  • tribulation,
  • intolerance,
  • trial,
  • inflexibility,
  • vicissitude,
  • tenacity,
  • exactitude.
  •rigorousness (noun)
  • rigorousness.
  •rigour (noun)
  • rigour.
  •roughness (noun)
  • brusqueness,
  • gruffness,
  • crudeness.
  •severity (noun)
  • chilliness,
  • astringency,
  • sharpness,
  • bleakness,
  • causticity,
  • sternness,
  • briskness,
  • frostiness,
  • oppressiveness,
  • bluntness,
  • crispness,
  • leanness,
  • abruptness,
  • acerbity,
  • strictness,
  • authoritarianism,
  • discipline,
  • matter-of-factness,
  • keenness,
  • dryness,
  • coolness,
  • correctness.
  •simplicity (noun)
  • obviousness,
  • ingenuousness,
  • clean lines,
  • guilelessness,
  • Classicality,
  • sophistication artlessness,
  • innocence,
  • lack of adornment,
  • directness,
  • straightforwardness,
  • monotony,
  • Elementariness.
  •tyranny (noun)
  • oligarchy,
  • Oligarchies,
  • terrorism,
  • highhandedness,
  • imperiousness,
  • high-handedness,
  • Peremptoriness.
  •unit of measurement (noun)
  • degree.
  •violence (noun)
  • destructiveness,
  • brute force,
  • storminess.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Hauteur.
  •
  • hostility,
  • vehemence,
  • rigidity.
  •austerity
  • puritanism.

Paraphrases for Severity:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    gravity.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    harshness, gravity.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    acuity, rigidity, sensitivity, scale, brightness, dangerousness, firmness, inflexibility, brutality, urgency, materiality, intensification.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    seriousness, thoroughness.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    intensity, strictness, stringency, seriousness, acuteness, magnitude, extent, enormity, severe, toughness, cruelty, hardness, rigor, austerity, earnestness, importance, virulence, degree, significance, depth, solemnity, thoroughness, breadth, grave, strength, scope.

Antonyms for Severity:

• n.

  • austerity
    elaborateness, luxuriousness.
  • cruelty
    consideration, feeling, compassion, charity, niceness, gentility, thoughtfulness, mercy.
  • fury
    calm, peace, happiness.
  • gravity
    levity, silliness, unimportance, frivolity, Inconsequentiality.
  • intensity
    inactivity, lethargy, dullness, laziness, moderation, apathy.
  • oppression
    cheer, joy, delight.
  • rigor
    ease, leniency, elasticity.
  • severity
    kindness, pity.
  • Other antonyms:
    patience, laxness, willingness, pliability, responsiveness, softness, smoothness, good nature, tolerance, courtesy, amiability, compliance, indulgence, pliancy, flexibility.

Severity Sentence Examples:

• He felt a little " out of it," perhaps, and twenty - four seemed a long way from seventeen; but he should not have watched the girls, he told himself with some severity, without letting them know he was there.

• Those who already looked upon the event as favourable in vain exaggerated their gravity so as to make it resemble chagrin and severity; the veil over their faces was transparent and hid not a single feature.

Homophones for Severity:

• spread out, ship route, sprite, savoyard, sprat, saber-toothed, severed, sabre-toothed, superiority, shepard, spirited, sprouted, soubrette, sick berth, sabertooth, spurt, sheep rot, seaboard, safe period, scabbard, Sauce Verte, sparta, separated, spheroid, sparidae, spirt, spread, siegfried, sobriety, spirit away, shipboard duty, shipboard, sport, sabertoothed, sprit, shepherd, sowbread, separate out, shipyard, sprout, sparid, subvert, sick parade, spread-out, shoebird, spread head, sea bird, suppurate, spearhead, subpart, spirit, soapwort, superhet, sybarite, supported, spreadhead, sporty, separate, Sephardi, support, schubert, seabird, seaport.