Dictionary Check: severity

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"severity" is a valid word!

Scrabble 14 points
Words with Friends 14 points

Definition

noun

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

Synonyms:
badness severeness
noun

something hard to endure

Example: "the asperity of northern winters"
Synonyms:
asperity grimness hardship rigor rigour severeness rigorousness rigourousness
noun

extreme plainness

Synonyms:
austereness severeness
noun

excessive sternness

Example: "severity of character"
Synonyms:
severeness harshness rigor rigour rigorousness rigourousness inclemency hardness

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