Severeness (Noun)
Meaning 1
Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp".
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Meaning 2
Something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters".
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Meaning 3
Used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The doctor asked the patient to rate the severeness of their headache from 1 to 10.
- The severeness of the hurricane made it impossible to leave the house.
- She tried to prepare her patients for the severeness of their illnesses and the tough treatment that followed.
- The news forecast predicted an extreme level of severeness for the winter storms expected that week.
- His facial expression indicated the severeness of the cramps that he was experiencing in his muscles.
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Meaning 4
Extreme plainness.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.