Home

Word

sternness, n.
(sternnesses)
more info uncompromising resolution
<noun.attribute>

sternness strictness
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
stern stern
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
strict strict strict
semantic pointers
hypernym
unpermissiveness, restrictiveness
hyponym
Puritanism severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness
more info the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding
<noun.attribute>

sternness

sample sentences

"the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
stern
semantic pointers
hypernym
rigor, hardship, asperity, grimness, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness