Dourness
Rigidness
Rigidness noun - The quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism).
Usage example: no one even asked anymore, as their father's rigidness regarding bedtime was legendary
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- severity and dourness
- severity and rigidness
- determination and dourness
- determination and rigidness
- harshness and dourness
- harshness and rigidness
- resolve and dourness
- resolve and rigidness
- austerity and dourness
- austerity and rigidness
- hardness and dourness
- hardness and rigidness
- inflexibility and dourness
- inflexibility and rigidness
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