| Main Entry: | sternness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severity |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, austerity, cruelty, grimness, hardheartedness, hardness, harshness, rigidity, rigor, rigorousness, sharpness, strictness, stringency, toughness, unkindness |
| Main Entry: | austerity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severity |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, asperity, astringence, coldness, exactingness, exactness, formality, formalness, gravity, grimness, hardness, harshness, inclemency, inflexibility, obduracy, rigidity, rigor, seriousness, solemnity, sternness, stiffness, strictness, stringency |
Antonyms: |
blandness, calmness, gentility, meekness, mildness |
| Main Entry: | rigor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strictness, exactness |
Synonyms: |
accuracy, affliction, asperity, austerity, conscientiousness, conventionalism, difficulty, exactitude, firmness, hardness, hardship, harshness, inclemency, inflexibility, intolerance, meticulousness, obduracy, ordeal, preciseness, precision, privation, punctiliousness, rigidity, roughness, severity, sternness, stiffness, stringency, suffering, tenacity, thoroughness, traditionalism, trial, tribulation, vicissitude, visitation |
Antonyms: |
ease, elasticity, flexibility, leniency, pliability |
| Main Entry: | seriousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humorlessness |
Synonyms: |
calmness, coolness, earnest, earnestness, gravity, intentness, sedateness, serious-mindedness, sincerity, sober-mindedness, sobriety, solemnity, staidness, sternness, thoughtfulness |
Antonyms: |
funniness, humor, lightness |
| Main Entry: | harshness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crudity |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, anger, brutality, cruelty, sternness, tyranny |
| Main Entry: | severity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | asperity |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, austerity, cruelty, grimness, hardheartedness, hardness, harshness, rigor, sharpness, sternness, strictness, unkindness |
Antonyms: |
kindness, pity, softness |
| Main Entry: | hardness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severity |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, austerity, cruelty, grimness, hardheartedness, harshness, rigidity, rigor, rigorousness, sharpness, sternness, strictness, stringency, toughness, unkindness |
| Main Entry: | rigidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severity |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, austerity, cruelty, grimness, hardheartedness, hardness, harshness, rigor, rigorousness, sharpness, sternness, strictness, stringency, toughness, unkindness |
| Main Entry: | rigorousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severity |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, austerity, cruelty, grimness, hardheartedness, hardness, harshness, rigidity, rigor, sharpness, sternness, strictness, stringency, toughness, unkindness |
| Main Entry: | strictness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severity |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, austerity, cruelty, grimness, hardheartedness, hardness, harshness, rigidity, rigor, rigorousness, sharpness, sternness, stringency, toughness, unkindness |