348 entries under noun topic. ×

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