1. severeness(n = noun.attribute) badness, severity - used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather;
is a kind of intensity, intensiveness
has particulars: foulness, raininess, distressfulness, seriousness
Derived forms adjective bad2, adjective severe5, adjective severe1, adjective severe2
2. severeness(n = noun.attribute) asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severity - something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
is a kind of difficultness, difficulty
has particulars: sternness
Derived form adjective severe1
3. severeness(n = noun.attribute) austereness, severity - extreme plainness;
is a kind of plainness
Derived form adjective severe3
4. severeness(n = noun.attribute) hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severity, stiffness - excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
is a kind of sternness, strictness
Derived form adjective severe4