Definitions for severity

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severity se·ver·i·ty

Spelling: [suh-ver-i-tee]

IPA: /səˈvɛr ɪ ti/

Severity is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 236 anagrams from letters in severity (eeirstvy).

Definitions for severity

noun

1. harshness, sternness, or rigor:
2. austere simplicity, as of style, manner, or taste:
3. intensity or sharpness, as of cold or pain.
4. grievousness; hard or trying character or effect:
5. rigid exactness or accuracy.
6. an instance of strict or severe behavior, punishment, etc.

Origin of severity

1475-85; Latin sevēritās, equivalent to sevēr(us) severe + -itās -ity

Examples for severity

The severity of this Winter caused great difficulties in Kentucke.

She'll drive him to me again; but oh, the shame of taking him so, given to me by her severity!

"You are trying to evade me, Mr. Hewson," she said, with a severity he found charming.

But again provoking a severity from me which she could not bear, and calling me names!

Bred in coldness and severity, this had rescued him to have a warm and sympathetic heart.

McDonald attempts to impart on him the severity of the consequences he will face should he find himself back in this courtroom.

We did so because we understood the severity of those threats.

The scope—and severity—of their alleged crimes is astounding, as well.

Within these forms, the severity of depression can vary over time.

Longtime Quds Force chief Brigadier General Qassem Soleimani is reportedly in Baghdad, which indicates the severity of the crisis.