名词

1. excessive sternness

e.g. severity of character
the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
the rigors of boot camp

Synonym: severenessharshnessrigorrigourrigorousnessrigourousnessinclemencyhardnessstiffness

2. extreme plainness

Synonym: austerenesssevereness

3. something hard to endure

e.g. the asperity of northern winters

Synonym: asperitygrimnesshardshiprigorrigourseverenessrigorousnessrigourousness

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

Synonym: badnesssevereness