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noun (n)

• used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  badness, severity
  

  source: wordnet30
• something hard to endure(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severity
  

  source: wordnet30
• extreme plainness(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  austereness, severity
  

  source: wordnet30
• excessive sternness(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severity, stiffness
  

  source: wordnet30