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sternness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | strictness |
| Type of | restrictiveness, unpermissiveness |
sternness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | asperity, grimness, hardship, severeness, severity, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness |
| Derivation | stern |
the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable.
Examples of sternness
sternness
But the debt crisis demands that he save some of that sternness for his party, too.
From the charlotteobserver.com
He felt like a giant then, affecting a sternness he recalled in O'Donnell.
From the theatlantic.com
Thompson tempers her character's occasional sternness with maternal warmth.
From the sacbee.com
He told him with characteristic sternness to throw off his invalidism by force of will.
From the time.com
Mr Obama's greater sternness towards Israel is for the general good-including Israel's.
From the economist.com
You often disguise your own gentle heart with an exterior sternness.
From the suntimes.com
He has a sternness about him without being a dictatorial type of man.
From the kansas.com
He is 55, fit-looking, with crew-cut hair and a jokey demeanor rather than an air of sternness.
From the theatlantic.com
This barnstar is for your kindness, sternness, and helpfulness.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- The quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding; "the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable"
- Uncompromising resolution
