Synonym: asperity, austereness, badness, grimness, hardness, hardship, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, stiffness. Similar words: sever, severe, several, severely, persevere, severance, perseverance, asperity. Meaning: [sɪ'verətɪ] n. 1. used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather 2. something hard to endure 3. extreme plainness 4. excessive sternness.
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31. And second, the theory grossly underestimates the severity of some forms of spectator violence.
32. In this there is an exact parallel with sufferers from Chemical Dependency denying the severity of their illness.
33. The severity of his inwardness almost seemed to demand it.
34. Overall severity of gastrointestinal symptoms influenced the final height centile as it had height velocity during the initial years of follow up.
35. The mean age increased together with the severity of the oesophageal injury.
36. He was looking at the man, not with hostility, not with severity, but with a look full of grace.
37. Prompt action can often reduce the severity of shock in road accident victims.
38. Some of the reported difference in rates of metabolism could relate to the severity of the underlying colitis.
39. But such men neither exercised the extreme severity, nor attracted the bitter odium, of Passelewe and Langley.
40. Wrinkling was assessed using photographs of the subjects' temples, and a severity score based on predetermined criteria was assigned.
41. The job cuts have been forced on the church by the severity of the recession.
42. The Government have used the guillotine in a way that no other Government have - with alarming frequency and absolute severity.
43. This severity of customs was inseparable from the old friendship with Rome.
44. But despite the severity of the allegations, political analysts say it is unlikely that Estrada will be impeached.
45. Total mortality and each of the outcomes of coronary heart disease increased as severity of periodontal disease increased.
46. Milk of magnesia, an osmotic laxative, was used according to age, body weight(http://sentencedict.com/severity.html), and severity of the constipation.
47. In acute pancreatitis, the catalytic activity of PLA2 in serum correlates with the severity of the disease.
48. The severity of underlying illness simply overwhelms the effect of age.
49. There was no significant difference in severity of disease between the groups who had obtained and had not obtained higher qualifications.
50. So far, he said, there is no evidence that zinc prevents colds, only that it may reduce their severity.
51. Researchers said the discovery could provide a new way for doctors to diagnose the severity of cancer cases.
52. Conversely, we found a highly significant association with the severity of liver disease as measured by the Child's classes.
53. The Figure shows the mean height velocity during each year according to severity of gastrointestinal symptoms.
54. They too complain of pain whose severity bears little or no relationship to the tissue destruction.
55. Paradoxically, the very accuracy of these scoring systems for assessing the severity of illness precludes their use for comparison and audit.
56. The achievement of skills we expect of the physically or mentally limited learner will vary with the severity of the limitation.
57. Similarly, in a case of maximum severity, it may be necessary to issue proceedings very quickly.
58. The severity of the surface damage, however, was clearly diminished by 180 minutes after ethanol.
59. Severity of symptoms may be important but psychosocial factors must also affect the decision.
60. This is important because qualifications of any sort enhance subsequent employment independent of disease severity.
More similar words: sever, severe, several, severely, persevere, severance, perseverance, asperity, feverish, celerity, temerity, austerity, dexterity, posterity, superiority, prosperity, veritable, inferiority, superiority complex, seven, seventy, seventh, never-never, merit, inherit, ever, demerit, heritage, fever, never.