Hard-heartedness
Sternness and hard-heartedness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sternness" instead a noun phrase "Hard-heartedness".
Sternness
Sternness noun - The quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism).
Usage example: the company's new president has a reputation for granitelike sternness and monkish austerity
Hard-heartedness and sternness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hard-heartedness" instead a noun "Sternness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- violence and hard-heartedness
- violence and sternness
- brutality and hard-heartedness
- brutality and sternness
- severity and hard-heartedness
- severity and sternness
- harshness and hard-heartedness
- harshness and sternness
- coolness and hard-heartedness
- coolness and sternness
- coldness and hard-heartedness
- coldness and sternness
- hardness and hard-heartedness
- hardness and sternness
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Sternness and Hard-heartedness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hard-heartedness/sternness
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