Gruffness
Rigor
Rigor noun - The quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism).
Usage example: after being coddled by his former coach, the swimmer was shocked by the rigor of the new training program
Gruffness and rigor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gruffness" instead a noun "Rigor".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- severity and gruffness
- severity and rigor
- difficulty and gruffness
- difficulty and rigor
- roughness and gruffness
- roughness and rigor
- sharpness and gruffness
- sharpness and rigor
- harshness and gruffness
- harshness and rigor
- acerbity and gruffness
- acerbity and rigor
- hardness and gruffness
- hardness and rigor
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Rigor and Gruffness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/gruffness/rigor
Gruffness & Rigor. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/gruffness/rigor>.
Rigor or Gruffness. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/gruffness/rigor.
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