severity
nounHow many syllables in severity?
There are 4 syllables in the word severity.How to pronounce severity:
Definition of severity:
- severity (noun):
- used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather.
- the quality or state of being severe the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh
Synonyms for severity:
asperity
austereness
austerity
badness
callousness
determination
distressfulness
exactingness
firmness
foulness
grimness
gruffness
hardness
hardship
harshness
inclemency
inflexibility
intensity
raininess
resolve
rigidity
rigidness
rigor
rigorousness
rigour
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Antonyms for severity:
acceptance
balminess
benevolence
benignity
blandness
calmness
charity
clemency
compassion
concern
consideration
feeling
flexibility
floppiness
forbearance
forgiveness
gentility
gentleness
good-heartedness
humaneness
humanity
indulgence
insipidity
kind-heartedness
kindheartedness
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Other 4-syllable words like severity
Here are some other common words that have 4 syllables, like severity does.
- terrorizes
- disinterest
- misbehaving
- abbreviate
- dishonestly
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- impeccably
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- medallion
- nursery rhyme
- bareheaded
- astrologer
- conservation
- fragility
- apprehensive
- commensalist
- conciliate
- … more
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