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sternness
noun
1. the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding
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the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable

Derivationally related forms: ↑stern
Hypernyms:
asperity, ↑grimness, ↑hardship, ↑rigor, ↑rigour, ↑severity, ↑severeness, ↑rigorousness, ↑rigourousness
2. uncompromising resolution
Syn: ↑strictness
Derivationally related forms: ↑strict (for: ↑strictness), ↑stern
Hypernyms: ↑unpermissiveness, ↑restrictiveness
Hyponyms:
Puritanism, ↑severity, ↑severeness, ↑harshness, ↑rigor, ↑rigour, ↑rigorousness, ↑rigourousness, ↑inclemency, ↑hardness, ↑stiffness

Useful english dictionary. 2012.