noun
1. weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
• Syn: ↑bad weather, ↑inclementness
• Ant: ↑good weather (for: ↑bad weather)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑inclement (for: ↑inclementness), ↑inclement
• Hypernyms: ↑weather, ↑weather condition, ↑conditions, ↑atmospheric condition
• Hyponyms: ↑raw weather, ↑storminess, ↑cloudiness, ↑cloud cover, ↑overcast, ↑turbulence
2. excessive sternness
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severity of character
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the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
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the rigors of boot camp
• Syn:
↑severity, ↑severeness, ↑harshness, ↑rigor, ↑rigour, ↑rigorousness, ↑rigourousness, ↑hardness, ↑stiffness
• Derivationally related forms:
↑hard (for: ↑hardness), ↑inclement, ↑rigorous (for: ↑rigorousness), ↑rigorous (for: ↑rigor), ↑harsh (for: ↑harshness), ↑severe (for: ↑severeness), ↑severe (for: ↑severity)
• Hypernyms: ↑sternness, ↑strictness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.