Definition of severity

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Severity (n.) The quality or state of being severe.

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Lash :: Lash (v. t.) To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice..
Mordacity :: Mordacity (n.) The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality..
Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.
Severity :: Severity (n.) Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test..
Satire :: Satire (a.) Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.
Rigorism :: Rigorism (n.) Severity, as of style, or the like..
Rigidity :: Rigidity (n.) Severity; rigor.
Intemperateness :: Intemperateness (n.) Severity of weather; inclemency.
Hypercriticise :: Hypercriticise (v. t.) To criticise with unjust severity; to criticise captiously.
Screw :: Screw (n.) An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor..
Horror :: Horror (n.) A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor..
Aggravation :: Aggravation (n.) The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences..
Exaction :: Exaction (n.) That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice..
Oppression :: Oppression (n.) That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.
Hypercriticism :: Hypercriticism (n.) Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism..
Causticily :: Causticily (n.) Severity of language; sarcasm; as, the causticity of a reply or remark..
Acrimony :: Acrimony (n.) Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners..
Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification..
Acerbity :: Acerbity (n.) Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain..
Torvity :: Torvity (a.) Sourness or severity of countenance; sterness.
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