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Definition of severity in English: severitynoun sɪˈvɛrɪtisəˈvɛrədi mass nounThe fact or condition of being severe. sentences should reflect the severity of the crime hay fever symptoms vary in severity she stared at me with mock severity Example sentencesExamples - Other measures will have to be used depending on the severity and type of problem.
- Magistrates told Lawrence that the severity of the offences could warrant a custodial term.
- After two or three days of illness, pains of extraordinary severity develop.
- The severity and frequency of weather conditions were to blame for the financial situation.
- But his severity made him unpopular with the boys and he was passed over for promotion.
Synonyms acuteness, seriousness, gravity, graveness, severeness, grievousness, extremity danger, dangerousness strength, intensity, ferocity, fierceness, violence, power, powerfulness, force, forcefulness harshness, severeness, cold, coldness, bleakness, extremity harshness, strictness, hardness, sternness, toughness, rigorousness, rigour, stringency, inflexibility, relentlessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness brutality, inhumanity, cruelty, savagery sternness, dourness, grimness, sombreness, unfriendliness, graveness, gravity, soberness, seriousness, austereness, austerity, stiffness, flintiness, stoniness, steeliness coldness, frostiness, iciness, frigidity plainness, simplicity, restraint, lack of adornment, lack of decoration, lack of ornament, lack of embellishment, austerity, spareness, starkness functionalism
Rhymesambidexterity, asperity, austerity, celerity, dexterity, ferrety, posterity, prosperity, sincerity, temerity, verity Definition of severity in US English: severitynounsəˈverədēsəˈvɛrədi The fact or condition of being severe. sentences should reflect the severity of the crime hay fever symptoms vary in severity she stared at me with mock severity Example sentencesExamples - After two or three days of illness, pains of extraordinary severity develop.
- But his severity made him unpopular with the boys and he was passed over for promotion.
- Other measures will have to be used depending on the severity and type of problem.
- Magistrates told Lawrence that the severity of the offences could warrant a custodial term.
- The severity and frequency of weather conditions were to blame for the financial situation.
Synonyms acuteness, seriousness, gravity, graveness, severeness, grievousness, extremity strength, intensity, ferocity, fierceness, violence, power, powerfulness, force, forcefulness harshness, severeness, cold, coldness, bleakness, extremity harshness, strictness, hardness, sternness, toughness, rigorousness, rigour, stringency, inflexibility, relentlessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness sternness, dourness, grimness, sombreness, unfriendliness, graveness, gravity, soberness, seriousness, austereness, austerity, stiffness, flintiness, stoniness, steeliness plainness, simplicity, restraint, lack of adornment, lack of decoration, lack of ornament, lack of embellishment, austerity, spareness, starkness
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