Fierceness, roughness (of the weather or the sea); cruelty, severity.
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释义 | society > authority > strictness > [noun] > severity or sternness (35) rethenesseOE Fierceness, roughness (of the weather or the sea); cruelty, severity. grimness971 The quality or condition of being grim; fierceness; sternness; formidable aspect. hardnessOE The quality or condition of being stern, strict, severe, resistant to emotion, callous, etc. Also: an instance of this. sternhead1297 Sternness, severity. sharpnessa1325 Severity, harshness in punishment; censure, rebuke, etc.; asperity in behaviour. reddoura1375 Violence, harm; harshness, harsh treatment; severity, strictness, rigour. fiercetya1382 = fierceness, n. sternness1382 Severity of disposition or mood; rigour in punishment or condemnation; an instance of this; hardness, harshness, obduracy, †fierceness. fiercenessc1384 Sternness, severity. Obsolete. sturdinessc1384 Fierceness, violence; harshness, sternness. fellnessc1410 With reference to a person or animal, their actions or attributes: fierceness, harshness, savagery; cruelty; malignity; an instance of this. In early… austeritya1425 Sternness of manner, appearance, or disposition; severity in judgement; (esp. of a law or judgement) harshness, severity. raddourc1440 Fear, terror. austerenessa1450 Austere quality or character; harshness, sternness, severity; (also) severe self-denial, asceticism. severity1530 Strictness or sternness in dealing with others; stern or rigorous disposition or behaviour; rigour in treatment, discipline, punishment, or the like. cruelness1537 Severity, rigour. cruelty1556 Severity, strictness, rigour. Obsolete. severeness1579 Severity. tender mercies1611 Of persons, their feelings, or the expression of these: Characterized by, exhibiting, or expressing delicacy of feeling or susceptibility to the… piquancya1677 figurative. Acerbity, severity. Obsolete. Draconianism1819 astringency1823 figurative. Harshness, sternness, austerity. Draconism1832 Draconic character. (See Draconic, adj. 1.) hard-handedness1849 The quality or condition of being hard-handed (in various senses). starkness1884 Of a person, or a person's character, conduct, etc.: sternness, harshness. Cf. stark, adj. 2d. Obsolete. Subcategories:— act or instance of (1) — specifically of tone or manner (1) — of expression (5) — severe or stern person (3) |
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