severeness
Quality of intensity
Severeness is the quality of being severe—harsh, strict, or intense.
The word functions identically to severity but sounds more awkward and appears far less frequently.
In nearly all contexts, severity is the natural choice: the severity of the punishment, the severity of the storm.
Severeness exists but rarely earns its place.
Economical resource management
- simplicityLack of complexity
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- spartanRigorously simple, unadorned
- monasticOf religious community life
abstinence · self-denial · stoicism · temperance · restraint · minimalism · bareness · plainness
Savage, merciless behavior
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- mercilessnessAbsence of compassion or clemency
ruthlessness · callousness · punitive · draconian · unforgiving · relentless · implacable · inexorable
Inflexibility in enforcement
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- exactitudePerfect correctness in detail
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
- stringencySeverity of requirements
thoroughness · diligence · inflexibility · firmness · demanding · exacting · unrelenting · discipline
Intensity or keenness
- extremityOutermost part or limit
- profundityIntellectual or emotional depth
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
- potencyDegree of strength
fierceness · forcefulness · vehemence · graveness · criticalness · urgency · heightened · amplified
frugality
Economical resource management
- simplicityLack of complexity
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- spartanRigorously simple, unadorned
monastic · abstinence · self-denial · stoicism · temperance · restraint · minimalism · bareness · plainness · starkness
brutality
Savage, merciless behavior
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
mercilessness · ruthlessness · callousness · punitive · draconian · unforgiving · relentless · implacable · inexorable · inclement
strictness
Inflexibility in enforcement
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- exactitudePerfect correctness in detail
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
stringency · thoroughness · diligence · inflexibility · firmness · demanding · exacting · unrelenting · discipline · formality
acuteness
Intensity or keenness
- extremityOutermost part or limit
- profundityIntellectual or emotional depth
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
potency · fierceness · forcefulness · vehemence · graveness · criticalness · urgency · heightened · amplified · concentrated
severenessgentleness
Soft, kind demeanor
mildness · softness · tenderness · kindness · moderateness
severenessleniency
Mildness in punishment
lenience · clemency · indulgence · permissiveness · mercy
severenessmildness
Gentle, moderate quality
moderateness · slightness · gentleness · manageability · triviality
severe, severity, severely, severest, severer, dissever, severities