severity

nouns

used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
badness, severeness, severity
is derived from
severe
is derived from
severe
something hard to endure
"the asperity of northern winters"
asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity
extreme plainness
austereness, severeness, severity
excessive sternness
"severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness
is derived from
severe