severity

definition: excessive sternness

example: severity of character

speech part: noun

synonyms: severeness harshness rigor rigour rigorousness rigourousness inclemency hardness stiffness

definition: extreme plainness

example:

speech part: noun

synonyms: severeness austereness

definition: something hard to endure

example:

speech part: noun

synonyms: asperity

definition: used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather

example:

speech part: noun

synonyms: severeness badness