Gruffness
Severity
Severity noun - The quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism).
Usage example: even though no one expected the film to be a hit with the critics, the director was taken aback by the severity of the criticism
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- vehemence and gruffness
- vehemence and severity
- roughness and gruffness
- roughness and severity
- sharpness and gruffness
- sharpness and severity
- tartness and gruffness
- tartness and severity
- bitterness and gruffness
- bitterness and severity
- harshness and gruffness
- harshness and severity
- acidity and gruffness
- acidity and severity
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Severity and Gruffness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/gruffness/severity
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