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