Severity Synonyms and Antonyms

sə-vĕrĭ-tē
Exceptionally great concentration, power, or force, especially in activity
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. depth
  2. ferociousness
  3. ferocity
  4. fierceness
  5. fury
  6. intensity
  7. pitch
  8. vehemence
  9. vehemency
  10. violence
Used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. badness
  2. punitiveness
  3. severeness
Extreme plainness
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. austereness
  2. severeness

Words Related to Severity

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Severity Sentence Examples

  • His severity has remained legendary.

  • More than eight or ten years rarely pass without tornadoes or hurricanes of local severity at least.

  • He exhibited severity and injustice when dealing with pagans and heretics.

  • The duel between Pierre and Dolokhov was hushed up and, in spite of the Emperor's severity regarding duels at that time, neither the principals nor their seconds suffered for it.

  • Their servility awakened the bitterest contempt of their conquerors and forms the best excuse for the unparalleled severity of the French yoke.

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