severity
se·ver·ity (sə ver′ə tē)
noun
- the quality or condition of being severe; specif.,
- strictness; harshness
- gravity, as of expression
- rigid accuracy
- extreme plainness or restraint, as in style
- keenness, as of pain; intensity
- rigorous or trying character
- pl. -·ties something severe, as a punishment
Etymology: Fr sévérité < L severitas
severity
n.
Antonyms
Preposition: of
- symptom: The depth of the doctor's examination depends on the severity of the symptoms.
- disablement: There are also indications that among the disabled income is inversely related to severity of disablement.
- side-effect: This can reduce the chance and severity of side-effects, as well as improve the benefit that you can get from having the medicine.
- injury: A lump sum is payable based on the severity of the injury.
- punishment: To increase the severity of the punishment the cord strands of the cat were twined with wire.
- deformity: Load transfer was related to severity of all deformities.
Converse of object
- lessen: Whilst this first application greatly lessened the severity of the scratch, it was still clearly visible.
- underestimate: Often the medical history alone underestimates the severity of coronary heart disease.
- vary: There are several different types of SMA with varying severity; see the website below for more details.
- reduce: Various sedative drugs can reduce the severity of vertigo during attacks.
- assess: Accurate imaging of the cells should allow doctors to more accurately assess the severity of the disease.
- differ: The months preceding are typically associated with irregular menstrual periods of differing severity and duration.
Adjective modifier
- utmost: Only cases of the utmost severity will attract awards in excess of £ 25,000.
- moderate: These animals are monitored closely to ensure the disease does not progress beyond moderate severity.
- lesser: Patients with wounds of lesser severity may not need to pass through all echelons of care.
Noun used with modifier
- fatigue: Are age, illness duration, fatigue severity or psychiatric disorder predictive of long term outcome?
- seizure: Parental global seizure severity was the only chosen measure of quality of life in this study.
- asthma: News Stories Gene variants claimed to be involved in asthma susceptibility Genetic contribution to asthma severity?
- symptom: Similar proportions of men had reductions and increases in symptom severity and urine flow.
- disease: Disease severity was assessed by using a symptom score.
I thought I could not breathe in that fine air That pure severity of perfect lightö I yearned for warmth and colour which I found In Lancelot.
Nothing has raised more questioning among my critics thanthese wordsönoble, thegrand style Ithink it will be found that the grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, poetically gifted, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject.
Summer has set in with its usual severity.
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