1. (noun) badness, severity, severeness
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
Synonyms: hardship, severeness, rigor, naughtiness, austereness, harshness, hardness, asperity, stiffness, bad, inclemency, badness, rigorousness, mischievousness, grimness, severity, rigourousness, rigour
2. (noun) asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness
something hard to endure
Synonyms: hardness, cogency, hard knocks, severeness, rigor, austereness, harshness, gruesomeness, asperity, luridness, rigour, stiffness, inclemency, badness, adversity, hardship, rigorousness, sharpness, grimness, severity, rigourousness, ghastliness, validity
3. (noun) austereness, severity, severeness
extreme plainness
Synonyms: harshness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, hardship, badness, severity, grimness, austereness, asperity, inclemency, rigorousness, hardness, rigor, stiffness
4. (noun) severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness
excessive sternness
Synonyms: insensibility, ruggedness, callosity, grimness, awkwardness, severeness, rigor, unfeelingness, austereness, harshness, hardness, asperity, stiffness, callousness, scratchiness, roughness, cogency, gracelessness, inclemency, inclementness, badness, bad weather, hardship, rigorousness, cruelty, cruelness, clumsiness, abrasiveness, severity, rigourousness, rigour, validity
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Synonyms for severeness 
