English noun: sternness |
1. | sternness (attribute) the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding |
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| Samples | The sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable.
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| Broader (hypernym) | asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity |
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2. | sternness (attribute) uncompromising resolution |
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| Synonyms | strictness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | restrictiveness, unpermissiveness |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | hardness, harshness, inclemency, Puritanism, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness |
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