Definition for Sternness:

• The quality or state of being stern; rigour; severity.

Synonyms for Sternness:

• n.

  •
  • hardness,
  • rigidity,
  • easy.
  •attribute (noun)
  • sternness,
  • strictness.
  •austerity (noun)
  • in-clemencies,
  • in-flexibility,
  • in-clemency,
  • in clemency,
  • in flexibilities,
  • exactingnesses,
  • in flexibility,
  • in clemencies,
  • astringences,
  • in-flexibilities,
  • formalnesses.
  •rigor (noun)
  • in-tolerances,
  • in-tolerance,
  • in tolerance,
  • traditionalisms,
  • in tolerances.
  •seriousness (noun)
  • serious-mindedness,
  • intentness,
  • earnests,
  • sober-mindedness.
  •severity (noun)
  • bleakness,
  • abruptness,
  • starkness,
  • matter-of-factness,
  • acerbity,
  • briskness,
  • coolness,
  • rigorousness,
  • severity,
  • stringency,
  • cruelty,
  • dryness,
  • correctness,
  • discipline,
  • astringency,
  • grimness,
  • authoritarianism,
  • bluntness,
  • leanness,
  • unkindness,
  • sharpness,
  • hardheartedness,
  • crispness,
  • intensity,
  • gruffness,
  • chilliness,
  • acuteness,
  • austerity,
  • frostiness,
  • brusqueness,
  • causticity,
  • oppressiveness,
  • keenness.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • astringence,
  • conventionalism,
  • exactness,
  • formality,
  • formalness,
  • harshness,
  • inclemency,
  • meticulousness,
  • obduracy,
  • preciseness,
  • punctiliousness,
  • rigor,
  • seriousness,
  • toughness,
  • traditionalism,
  • visitation,
  • Inclemencies,
  • exactingness,
  • conventionalisms.

Antonyms for Sternness:

• n.

  • severity
    kindness, mildness, gentility.
  • Other antonyms:
    indulgence, laxness, tenderness, softness, willingness, lenience, forbearance, gentleness, compliance, pliancy, patience, responsiveness, flexibility, tolerance, pliability.

Sternness Sentence Examples:

• When he was summoned before the detectives and questioned, with swift sternness, it was his own questions that demanded answer - and got it.

• The face upon which he glued his bulging eyes was grave to sternness.

Homophones for Sternness:

• socket wrench, sauternes, suturing, st. irenaeus, scattering, star anise, steatornis, stringy, strong, sweet orange, storm sash, strain gauge, steering, storminess, shoe string, strange, shuddering, southernness, string, strain gage, sturnus, streaming, stirring, strenuous, straying, starring, shattering, shoestring, straining, staring, strings, string cheese, strewing.

Hypernym for Sternness:

• n.

  • attribute
    severeness, rigourousness, severity, rigor, rigorousness, harshness, rigour, puritanism, hardness, stiffness, inclemency.

Hyponym for Sternness:

• n.

  • attribute
    severeness, rigourousness, severity, rigor, rigorousness, grimness, rigour, restrictiveness, asperity, unpermissiveness, hardship.