The severity of such marks can reveal whether or not any of these people were habitually engaged in hard labor.
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Severity
//səˈvɛɹəti//
Synonyms for "severity" (256 found)
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Strong matches (76)
coldcoldnesscommon speechcoolcoolnesscoolthcorrectnesscrispnesscrudenesscrueltycrustinesscryogenicscryologycurtnesscuttingnessdecrease in temperaturedelicacydemandingnessdespotismdestructiveness
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directnessdisciplineedgeelementarityexactingnessexactitudeexactnessexigencyextremityfaithfulnessfastidiousnessfaultlessnessferociousnessferocityfidelityfiercenessfinenessflawlessnessflintinessforcefranknessfreezing pointfreshnessfrigidityfrostinessfundamentalityfuriousnessfurygeliditygravitygrievousnessgrimnessgripgruffnesshardnessharshnesshomespunhomogeneityhousehold wordsicinessimpetuosityinclemencyinexorabilityinexorablenessinflexibilityinhumanityinornatenessintegrityintense coldintensitykeenness
Noun(5 words)
Related words (128)
leannessliteralismliteralityliteralnesslow temperaturemalignitymathematical precisionmatter-of-factnessmeannessmercilessnessmeticulousnessmindlessnessmodestymonasticismmonismmordacitymordancymurderousnessnastinessnaturalness
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nicenessnicetynipnippinessobduracyobduratenessonenessonerousnessopennessoppressionoppressivenesspainfulnessperfectionpiquancypitilessnessplain englishplain speakingplain speechplain styleplain wordsplainnesspoignancypointprecisenessprecisionprimitivenessprosaicnessprosinesspungencypunishmentpunitivenesspurityrawnessrefinementregimentationrelentlessnessrestrainednessrightrightnessrigid disciplinerigidityrigorrigorousnessroughnessruggednessrustic styleruthlessnesssavageryseriousnesssharp airsharpnessshortnesssimplenesssimplicitysinglenesssobernesssolemnitysournesssparenesssparsenessspartan simplicityspartanismstarknesssternnessstingstorminessstraightforwardnessstrictnessstridencystringencysubtletysurlinesstartnessteethtempestuousnessterrorismtextualismthe lettertoughnesstrenchancytruculencetyrannyunadorned styleunadornednessunadulterationunaffectednessunelaboratenessunfancinessunfussinessungentlenessuniformityunimaginativenessunityunmixednessunpoeticalnessunsophisticationvandalismvehemencevenomvernacularviciousnessviolencevirulence
Noun(5 words)
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5 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 24 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- χαλεπότης noun (state of being severe)
Arabic
1 entries- صَرَامَة noun (state of being severe)
Bulgarian
2 entries- стро́гост noun (state of being severe)
- суровост noun (state of being severe)
Catalan
1 entries- severitat noun (state of being severe)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 严厉 noun (state of being severe)
- 严肃性 noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
Czech
4 entries- kritičnost noun (state of being severe)
- vážnost (situace) noun (state of being severe)
- závažnost noun (state of being severe)
- závažnost noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
Dutch
4 entries- ernst noun (state of being severe)
- ernst noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
- ongewenstheid noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
- slechtheid noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
Esperanto
1 entries- severeco noun (state of being severe)
Finnish
4 entries- ankaruus noun (state of being severe)
- kovuus noun (state of being severe)
- pahuus noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
- vakavuus noun (state of being severe)
French
2 entries- gravité noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
- sévérité noun (state of being severe)
German
3 entries- Gewichtung noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
- Härte noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
- Stärke noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍈𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌴𐌹 noun (state of being severe)
Irish
1 entries- anróiteacht noun (state of being severe)
Italian
3 entries- gravità noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
- serietà noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
- severità noun (state of being severe)
Korean
2 entries- 심각함 noun (state of being severe)
- 엄격함 noun (state of being severe)
Latin
1 entries- severitas noun (state of being severe)
Māori
1 entries- pākahatanga noun (state of being severe)
Persian
1 entries- شدت noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
Portuguese
2 entries- gravidade noun (state of being severe)
- severidade noun (state of being severe)
Romanian
2 entries- asprime noun (state of being severe)
- severitate noun (state of being severe)
Russian
2 entries- стро́гость noun (state of being severe)
- суро́вость noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
Spanish
4 entries- gravedad noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
- seriedad noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
- severidad noun (state of being severe)
- severidad noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
Turkish
3 entries- ciddiyet noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
- derece noun (degree of something undesirable; badness)
- vehamet noun (state of being severe)
Volapük
1 entries- sevär noun (state of being severe)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
His running away from home is due to his father's severity.
Source: tatoeba (283450)
He erred on the side of severity.
Source: tatoeba (296061)
Any suspect case is considered a public health emergency due to the severity of this illness.
Source: tatoeba (2284352)
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