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单词 severity
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Definition of severity in English:

severity

noun sɪˈvɛrɪtisəˈvɛrədi
mass noun
  • The fact or condition of being severe.

    sentences should reflect the severity of the crime
    hay fever symptoms vary in severity
    she stared at me with mock severity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Other measures will have to be used depending on the severity and type of problem.
    • Magistrates told Lawrence that the severity of the offences could warrant a custodial term.
    • After two or three days of illness, pains of extraordinary severity develop.
    • The severity and frequency of weather conditions were to blame for the financial situation.
    • But his severity made him unpopular with the boys and he was passed over for promotion.
    Synonyms
    acuteness, seriousness, gravity, graveness, severeness, grievousness, extremity
    danger, dangerousness
    strength, intensity, ferocity, fierceness, violence, power, powerfulness, force, forcefulness
    harshness, severeness, cold, coldness, bleakness, extremity
    harshness, strictness, hardness, sternness, toughness, rigorousness, rigour, stringency, inflexibility, relentlessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness
    brutality, inhumanity, cruelty, savagery
    sternness, dourness, grimness, sombreness, unfriendliness, graveness, gravity, soberness, seriousness, austereness, austerity, stiffness, flintiness, stoniness, steeliness
    coldness, frostiness, iciness, frigidity
    plainness, simplicity, restraint, lack of adornment, lack of decoration, lack of ornament, lack of embellishment, austerity, spareness, starkness
    functionalism

Rhymes

ambidexterity, asperity, austerity, celerity, dexterity, ferrety, posterity, prosperity, sincerity, temerity, verity

Definition of severity in US English:

severity

nounsəˈverədēsəˈvɛrədi
  • The fact or condition of being severe.

    sentences should reflect the severity of the crime
    hay fever symptoms vary in severity
    she stared at me with mock severity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After two or three days of illness, pains of extraordinary severity develop.
    • But his severity made him unpopular with the boys and he was passed over for promotion.
    • Other measures will have to be used depending on the severity and type of problem.
    • Magistrates told Lawrence that the severity of the offences could warrant a custodial term.
    • The severity and frequency of weather conditions were to blame for the financial situation.
    Synonyms
    acuteness, seriousness, gravity, graveness, severeness, grievousness, extremity
    strength, intensity, ferocity, fierceness, violence, power, powerfulness, force, forcefulness
    harshness, severeness, cold, coldness, bleakness, extremity
    harshness, strictness, hardness, sternness, toughness, rigorousness, rigour, stringency, inflexibility, relentlessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness
    sternness, dourness, grimness, sombreness, unfriendliness, graveness, gravity, soberness, seriousness, austereness, austerity, stiffness, flintiness, stoniness, steeliness
    plainness, simplicity, restraint, lack of adornment, lack of decoration, lack of ornament, lack of embellishment, austerity, spareness, starkness
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