Harshness
Harshness noun - Excessive sternness.
Usage example: the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
Rigourousness is a synonym for harshness. In some cases you can use "Rigourousness" instead a noun "Harshness".
Rigourousness
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- severity and harshness
- severity and rigourousness
- hardship and harshness
- hardship and rigourousness
- hardness and harshness
- hardness and rigourousness
- stiffness and harshness
- stiffness and rigourousness
- rigour and harshness
- rigour and rigourousness
- asperity and harshness
- asperity and rigourousness
- strictness and harshness
- strictness and rigourousness
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