sternness

English Thesaurus

1. uncompromising resolution (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	restrictiveness, unpermissiveness,
definition	:	a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	puritanism,
definition	:	strictness and austerity in conduct and religion (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness,
definition	:	excessive sternness (noun.attribute)

2. the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity,
definition	:	something hard to endure (noun.attribute)

3. uncompromising resolution (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	exacting, stern, strict,
definition	:	severe and unremitting in making demands (adj.all)

derivation	:	grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting,
definition	:	not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty (adj.all)

derivation	:	rigid, strict,
definition	:	incapable of compromise or flexibility (adj.all)

4. the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	austere, severe, stark, stern,
definition	:	severely simple (adj.all)

5. uncompromising resolution (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	exacting, stern, strict,
definition	:	severe and unremitting in making demands (adj.all)

derivation	:	grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting,
definition	:	not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty (adj.all)

derivation	:	rigid, strict,
definition	:	incapable of compromise or flexibility (adj.all)

6. the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	austere, severe, stark, stern,
definition	:	severely simple (adj.all)