severity
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severity |
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Spartan simplicity, Spartanism, abruptness, absolute zero, absoluteness, abusiveness, accuracy, acerbity, acidity, acidulousness, acridity, acrimony, acuteness, aggressiveness, algidity, aloofness,
animality, asceticism, asperity, astringency, atrocity, attention to fact, austerity, authoritarianism, baldness, barbarity, bareness, bearishness,
beastliness, bite, bitingness, bitterness, bleakness, bloodlust, bluntness, boorishness, brashness, briskness, brusqueness, brusquerie, brutality, burdensomeness, candor, care for truth, causticity,
chill, chilliness, churlishness, cold, coldness, common speech, cool, coolness, coolth, correctness, crispness, crudeness, cruelty,
crustiness, cryogenics, cryology, curtness, cuttingness, decrease in temperature, delicacy, demandingness, despotism, destructiveness, directness, discipline, edge, elementarity, exactingness, exactitude, exactness, exigency, extremity, faithfulness, fastidiousness, faultlessness,
ferociousness, ferocity, fidelity,
fierceness, fineness, flawlessness, flintiness, force, frankness, freezing point, freshness, frigidity, frostiness,
fundamentality, furiousness, fury, gelidity, gravity, grievousness, grimness, grip, gruffness, hardness, harshness, homespun, homogeneity, household words, iciness,
impetuosity, inclemency, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inhumanity,
inornateness, integrity, intense cold, intensity, keenness, leanness, literalism, literality, literalness, low temperature,
malignity, mathematical precision, matter-of-factness, meanness, mercilessness, meticulousness, mindlessness, modesty, monasticism, monism, mordacity, mordancy,
murderousness, nastiness, naturalness, niceness, nicety, nip, nippiness, obduracy, obdurateness, oneness, onerousness, openness, oppression, oppressiveness, painfulness, perfection, piquancy, pitilessness, plain English, plain speaking, plain speech, plain style, plain words, plainness, poignancy, point, preciseness, precision, primitiveness, prosaicness, prosiness, pungency, punishment, punitiveness, purity, rawness, refinement, regimentation, relentlessness, restrainedness,
right, rightness, rigid discipline,
rigidity, rigor, rigorousness,
roughness, ruggedness, rustic style, ruthlessness, savagery, seriousness, sharp air, sharpness, shortness, simpleness, simplicity, singleness, soberness, solemnity, sourness, spareness, sparseness, starkness, sternness, sting, storminess, straightforwardness, strictness, stridency, stringency, subtlety, surliness,
tartness, teeth, tempestuousness, terrorism, textualism, the letter, toughness, trenchancy, truculence, tyranny, unadorned style, unadornedness, unadulteration,
unaffectedness, unelaborateness, unfanciness, unfussiness, ungentleness, uniformity, unimaginativeness,
unity, unmixedness, unpoeticalness, unsophistication, vandalism, vehemence, venom, vernacular, viciousness, violence, virulence
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Main entries similar to: severity
absolute zero, accuracy, acerbity, acidity, acridity,
acrimony, animality, asperity, astringency, atrocity, austerity, barbarity, bite, bitterness, bloodlust, brutality, candor, chill, coldness, cool, cryogenics, curtness, delicacy, directness, discipline, edge, exactness, extremity, fidelity, force, frankness, freezing point, gravity, grip, hardness, harshness, homogeneity, household words, inclemency, inhumanity,
integrity, intensity, keenness, meticulousness, mindlessness,
mordancy, naturalness, nicety, nip, oneness, openness, perfection, pitilessness,
plain English, plainness, poignancy, point, precision, purity, refinement, regimentation, right, rightness, rigidity, rigor, roughness, savagery, sharpness, simplicity, singleness, sourness, sting, strictness, stridency, stringency, subtlety, surliness, teeth, terrorism, toughness, truculence, uniformity, unity, unsophistication, vandalism, vehemence, venom, vernacular, violence, virulence
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