Definition of severity Severity

/sɪvɛˈɹɪti/ - [siveritee] - se•ver•i•ty

We found 14 definitions of severity from 5 different sources.

What does severity mean?

Noun Plural: severities
severity - excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
		severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness
		sternness, strictness uncompromising resolution
severity - used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
		badness, severeness
		intensiveness, intensity high level or degree; the property of being intense
		raininess, foulness (of weather) the badness of the weather; "they were wearied with the foulness of the weather"
severity - extreme plainness
		austereness, severeness
		plainness the appearance of being plain and unpretentious
severity - something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
		asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness
		difficultness, difficulty the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"

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severity (Noun)
The state of being severe.
severity (Noun)
The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness.

severity (n.)
The quality or state of being severe.
severity (n.)
Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties.
severity (n.)
The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter.
severity (n.)
Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war.
severity (n.)
Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test.