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severity - Dictionary definition and meaning for word severity
Definition
(noun) used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
Synonyms : badness , severeness
Definition
(noun) something hard to endure
Synonyms : asperity , grimness , hardship , rigor , rigorousness , rigour , rigourousness , severeness
Example Sentence
- the asperity of northern winters
Definition
(noun) extreme plainness
Synonyms : austereness , severeness
Definition
(noun) excessive sternness
Synonyms : hardness , harshness , inclemency , rigor , rigorousness , rigour , rigourousness , severeness , stiffness
Example Sentence
- severity of character
- the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
- the rigors of boot camp

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for severity

SEVERE-ity...very severe...!!!

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sounds like "see ver it is"-inorder to see wer it is you no need to find with extreme intensity,austerity,sternness,harshness

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