26
severity(noun, quality, attack, power, abuse)
13
asperity(noun, pain, speech, rudeness, resentment)
13
rigour(noun, quality, severity, atrocity, austerity)
12
bloodlust(noun, feeling, desire, atrocity)
12
austerity(noun, quality, easy, condition, discipline)
12
hardness(noun, power, abuse, easy, difficulty)
12
rigor(noun, easy, condition, discipline, firmness)
12
strictness(noun, quality, easy, condition, discipline)
11
acerbity(noun, quality, speech, discipline, hatred)
11
acrimony(noun, speech, hatred, rudeness, resentment)
11
roughness(noun, force, quality, attack, power)
11
sternness(noun, quality, easy, condition, discipline)
11
stringency(noun, easy, condition, discipline, firmness)
10
atrocity(noun, violence, cruelty, viciousness)
10
bitterness(noun, speech, hatred, resentment, hostility)
10
cruelty
10
inclemency(noun, severity, conformity, strictness, sternness)
10
pitilessness(noun, cruelty, unkindness, callousness, hardheartedness)
10
rudeness(noun, power, speech, violence, sharpness)
10
ruthlessness(noun, quality, difficulty, dislike, violence)
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