severity

Main Entry:
severity [suh-ver-i-tee]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: asperity
Synonyms: acerbity, austerity, cruelty, grimness, hardheartedness, hardness, harshness, rigor, sharpness, sternness, strictness, unkindness
Antonyms: kindness, pity, softness
Main Entry: austerity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: grimness, barrenness
Synonyms: baldness, bareness, dourness, economy, plainness, primitiveness, rusticism, severity, simplicity, spareness, spartanism, starkness, unadornment
Antonyms: elaborateness, luxuriousness
Main Entry: classicism
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: simple style; regularity, restraint
Synonyms: Atticism, Ciceronianism, Hellenism, aesthetic principle, balance, clarity, class, classicalism, conventional formality, dignity, elegance, excellence, finish, formal style, formality, grand style, grandeur, high art, lucidity, majesty, neoclassicism, nobility, objectivity, polish, proportion, propriety, pure taste, purity, rationalism, refinement, rhythm, severity, simplicity, sobriety, sublimity, symmetry
Main Entry: cruelty
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: brutality, harshness
Synonyms: animality, barbarism, barbarity, bestiality, bloodthirstiness, brutishness, callousness, coarseness, coldness, depravity, despotism, ferocity, fiendishness, fierceness, hard-heartedness, heartlessness, inhumanity, insensibility, insensitiveness, malice, malignity, masochism, mercilessness, murderousness, persecution, rancor, ruthlessness, sadism, savageness, savagery, severity, spite, spitefulness, torture, truculence, unfeelingness, unkindness, venom, viciousness, wickedness
Antonyms: charity, compassion, consideration, feeling, gentility, kindness, mercy, niceness, thoughtfulness
Main Entry: degree
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: unit of measurement
Synonyms: amount, amplitude, caliber, dimension, division, expanse, extent, gauge, gradation, grade, height, intensity, interval, length, limit, line, link, mark, notch, period, plane, point, proportion, quality, quantity, range, rate, ratio, reach, rung, scale, scope, severity, shade, size, space, stage, stair, standard, step, stint, strength, tenor, term, tier
Main Entry: fury
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: anger, wrath
Synonyms: acerbity, acrimony, asperity, boiling point, conniption, energy, ferocity, fierceness, fire, flare-up, force, frenzy, furor, impetuosity, indignation, intensity, ire, madness, might, passion, power, rabidity, rage, rampancy, rise, savagery, severity, slow burn, sore, stew, storm*, tempestuousness, turbulence, vehemence, violence
Notes: ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness
Antonyms: calm, happiness, peace
Main Entry: gravity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: seriousness, importance
Synonyms: acuteness, concern, consequence, exigency, hazardousness, momentousness, perilousness, severity, significance, solemnity, urgency, weightiness
Notes: gravitation is the mutual force by which all bodies attract one another and a function of the masses of the bodies, the distance between them, and the gravitational constant; gravity is the force of gravitation on the earth or other celestial object (and also called acceleration or free fall)
Antonyms: frivolity, inconsequentiality, levity, silliness, unimportance
Main Entry: intensity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: passion, force
Synonyms: acuteness, anxiety, ardor, concentration, deepness, depth, earnestness, emotion, emphasis, energy, excess, excitement, extreme, extremity, fanaticism, ferment, ferociousness, ferocity, fervency, fervor, fierceness, fire, force, forcefulness, fury, high pitch, intenseness, keenness, magnitude, might, nervousness, potency, power, severity, sharpness, strain, strength, tenseness, tension, vehemence, vigor, violence, volume, weightiness, wildness
Antonyms: apathy, dullness, inactivity, laziness, lethargy, moderation
Main Entry: oppression
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: misery, hardship
Synonyms: abuse, abusiveness, autocracy, brutality, calamity, coercion, compulsion, conquering, control, cruelty, despotism, dictatorship, domination, fascism, force, forcibleness, hardness, harshness, injury, injustice, iron hand, maltreatment, martial law, overthrowing, persecution, severity, subduing, subjection, suffering, torment, tyrrany
Antonyms: cheer, delight, happiness, joy
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