Definition of severity

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• severity is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
• severity is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
• severity is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of severity

• used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. badness
  2. severeness
• excessive sternness (noun)

  Examples

  1. severity of character

  Synonyms

  1. hardness
  2. harshness
  3. inclemency
  4. rigor
  5. rigorousness
  6. rigour
  7. rigourousness
  8. severeness
  9. stiffness
• something hard to endure (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. asperity
  2. grimness
  3. hardship
  4. rigor
  5. rigorousness
  6. rigour
  7. rigourousness
  8. severeness
• extreme plainness (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. austereness
  2. severeness

See definition of severity in Merriam Webster