extremity
Farthest point outward
Extremity refers to the outermost or farthest point of something, particularly the limbs of the body—hands, feet, arms, and legs are collectively called the extremities.
Beyond anatomy, extremity describes the furthest degree or limit of anything: the extremity of his grief, driven to extremity by circumstances.
In this sense it suggests an intense or dire condition, often implying desperation or crisis.
The word captures both physical endpoints and the outer bounds of experience or emotion.
Upper body limb
Terminal phalanx pad
Shape's outer edge length
- borderlineEdge of acceptability
- frontierEdge of settlement
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- thresholdPoint of beginning
brink · verge · cusp · horizon · limit · fringe · margin · outskirts
Intensity of sternness
- urgencyPressing need for action
- desperationUtter loss of hope
- dire straitsSevere hardship or peril
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
radical · drastic · excessive · intense · profound · acute · utmost · ultimate
Act of ending something
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- culminationHighest or final point
- cessationA full stopping
closure · finality · climax · denouement · completion · expiration · terminus · end
arm
Upper body limb
finger · toe · elbow · knee · wrist · ankle · shoulder · hip · thigh · calf
fingertip
Terminal phalanx pad
heel · pad · digit · claw · hoof · paw · talon · beak · snout · muzzle
perimeter
Shape's outer edge length
- borderlineEdge of acceptability
- frontierEdge of settlement
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
threshold · brink · verge · cusp · horizon · limit · fringe · margin · outskirts · rim
severity
Intensity of sternness
- urgencyPressing need for action
- desperationUtter loss of hope
- dire straitsSevere hardship or peril
crisis · radical · drastic · excessive · intense · profound · acute · utmost · ultimate · maximum
termination
Act of ending something
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- culminationHighest or final point
cessation · closure · finality · climax · denouement · completion · expiration · terminus · end · limit
- body partsarm, leg, hand, back, chest
- extremesbest, worst, biggest, smallest, highest
- hardshiphardship, adversity, difficulty, trouble, struggle
- limitslimit, limits, limitation, upper limit, lower limit
- endpointsendpoint, end point, terminus, final stop, last stop
- outer edgesedge, border, boundary, perimeter, periphery
extremitymoderation
Avoidance of excess
minimum · mildness · moderateness · temperance · restraint
- political extremismIdeology at outer fringes
- upper extremityLimb from shoulder down
- religious extremismRadical ideology driven by faith
- extremist ideologyBelief system rejecting compromise
- extremist groupsFactions advocating drastic positions
- lower extremity