sternness
1Sternness — Stern ness, n. The quality or state of being stern. [1913 Webster] …
2sternness — index cruelty, rigor, severity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3sternness — Ⅰ. stern [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) grimly serious or strict, especially in the exercise of discipline. 2) severe; demanding. DERIVATIVES sternly adverb sternness noun. ORIGIN Old English. Ⅱ …
4sternness — noun 1. the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable • Derivationally related forms: ↑stern • Hypernyms: ↑asperity, ↑grimness, ↑hardship, ↑rigor …
5sternness — noun see stern I …
6sternness — See sternly. * * * …
7sternness — noun a) The state or quality of being stern. b) The result or product of being stern …
8sternness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The fact or condition of being rigorous and unsparing: austerity, hardness, harshness, rigidity, rigor, rigorousness, severity, strictness, stringency, toughness. See EASY …
9sternness — stern·ness || stÉœrnnɪs / stÉœË n. strictness, severeness, uncompromising attitude, firmness; grimness, harshness, austereness …
10sternness — n. 1. Severity, austerity, rigidity. 2. Harshness, asperity, rigor, inflexibility, cruelty …