Severity

Synonyms for severity
noun asperity

harshness
strictness
sternness

sharpness
cruelty
acerbity

rigor
austerity
grimness

hardness
unkindness
hardheartedness

Antonyms for severity

gentility
mildness

kindness
pity

softness

Concept Thesaurus for word severity
Synonyms – noun

severity
stringency
precisianism.
dictatorship
oppression
reign of terror
iron hand
brute strength
hard lines
pipe-clay
precisian
despot
inquisitor
accipitres

strictness
austerity
arbitrary power
autocracy
assumption
martial law
iron sway
coercion
hard measure
officialism.
martinet
hard master
extortioner
birds of prey

harshness
inclemency (pitilessness)
absolutism
tyranny
usurpation
iron heel
tight grasp
strong hand
tender mercies [ironical]
tyrant
stickler
Draco
harpy
raptorials

rigor
arrogance
despotism
domineering
inquisition
iron rule
brute force
tight hand.
sharp practice
disciplinarian
bashaw
oppressor
vulture
raptors.

Synonyms – verbs

be severe
take liberties
wreak
bear a heavy hand on
ill treat
chastise with scorpions
trample underfoot
tread down upon
rivet the yoke
coerce

assume
domineer, bully
stretch a point
lay a heavy hand on
deal hardly with
dye with blood
tread underfoot
trample down upon
hold a tight hand
give no quarter (pitiless)

usurp
tyrannize
put on the screw
be down upon
deal hard measure to
oppress
tread upon
crush under an iron heel
keep a tight hand

arrogate
inflict
be hard upon
come down upon
rule with a rod of iron
override
trample upon
ride roughshod over
force down the throat

Synonyms – adjectives

severe
dour
rigorous
exigeant
austere
Spartan
searching
absolute
coercive
withering
cruel (malevolent)

strict
rigid
uncompromising
inexorable
hard-headed
Draconian
unsparing
positive
tyrannical
oppressive
haughty, arrogant

hard
stiff
exacting
inflexible
hard-shell [U.S.]
stringent
iron-handed
arbitrary
extortionate
inquisitorial
precisian.

harsh
stern
exigent
obdurate
relentless
strait-laced
peremptory
imperative
grinding
inclement (ruthless)

Synonyms – phrases
Delirant reges plectuntur Achivi; manu forti; ogni debole ha sempre il suo tiranno.
Antonyms

lenity

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