| English noun: rigorousness | |||
| 1. | rigorousness (attribute) something hard to endure | ||
| Samples | The asperity of northern winters. | ||
| Synonyms | asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | difficultness, difficulty | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sternness | ||
| 2. | rigorousness (attribute) excessive sternness | ||
| Samples | Severity of character. The harshness of his punishment was inhuman. The rigors of boot camp. | ||
| Synonyms | hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sternness, strictness | ||