severity (n.)
- abruptness
- absoluteness
- accuracy
- acerbity
- acidity
- acidulousness
- acridity
- acrimony
- acuteness
- aggressiveness
- algidity
- aloofness
- animality
- asceticism
- asperity
- astringency
- atrocity
- austerity
- authoritarianism
- baldness
- barbarity
- bareness
- beastliness
- bite
- bitterness
- bleakness
- bloodlust
- bluntness
- boorishness
- brashness
- briskness
- brusqueness
- brutality
- burdensomeness
- candor
- chill
- chilliness
- cold
- coldness
- cool
- coolness
- correctness
- crispness
- crudeness
- cruelty
- cryogenics
- curtness
- delicacy
- despotism
- destructiveness
- directness
- discipline
- edge
- exactitude
- exactness
- exigency
- extremity
- faithfulness
- fastidiousness
- faultlessness
- ferociousness
- ferocity
- fidelity
- fierceness
- fineness
- flawlessness
- force
- frankness
- freshness
- frigidity
- frostiness
- furiousness
- fury
- gelidity
- gravity
- grimness
- grip
- gruffness
- hardness
- harshness
- homespun
- homogeneity
- iciness
- impetuosity
- inclemency
- inexorability
- inexorableness
- inflexibility
- inhumanity
- integrity
- intensity
- keenness
- leanness
- literalism
- literalness
- malignity
- meanness
- mercilessness
- meticulousness
- mindlessness
- modesty
- monasticism
- monism
- mordacity
- murderousness
- nastiness
- naturalness
- niceness
- nicety
- nip
- obduracy
- oneness
- onerousness
- openness
- oppression
- oppressiveness
- painfulness
- perfection
- piquancy
- pitilessness
- plainness
- poignancy
- point
- preciseness
- precision
- primitiveness
- prosaicness
- prosiness
- pungency
- punishment
- purity
- rawness
- refinement
- regimentation
- relentlessness
- right
- rightness
- rigidity
- rigor
- rigorousness
- roughness
- ruggedness
- ruthlessness
- savagery
- seriousness
- sharpness
- shortness
- simpleness
- simplicity
- singleness
- soberness
- solemnity
- sourness
- spareness
- sparseness
- starkness
- sternness
- sting
- storminess
- straightforwardness
- strictness
- stridency
- stringency
- subtlety
- surliness
- tartness
- teeth
- tempestuousness
- terrorism
- textualism
- toughness
- trenchancy
- truculence
- tyranny
- unaffectedness
- uniformity
- unity
- vandalism
- vehemence
- venom
- vernacular
- viciousness
- violence
- virulence
