331 entries under noun topic. ×
| asceticism(simplicity, dullness, harshness, strictness) | |
| bitterness(sharpness, harshness, acerbity, acidity) | |
| inflexibility(firmness, harshness, conformity, strictness) | |
| malignity(violence, torture, cruelty, coarseness) | |
| meticulousness(harshness, conformity, strictness, fastidiousness) | |
| oppression(misery, hardship, cruelty, subjection) | |
| preciseness(harshness, conformity, strictness, fastidiousness) | |
| toughness(power, easy, difficulty, condition) | |
| acerbity(force, passion, energy, rise) | |
| badness | |
| bleakness | |
| brusqueness(power, violence, sharpness, harshness) | |
| causticity(sharpness, acerbity, acidity, mordancy) | |
| discipline | |
| ferociousness(force, strong, power, passion) | |
| gruffness(sharpness, harshness) | |
| keenness(force, power, passion, strength) | |
| pitilessness(cruelty, harshness, unkindness, callousness) | |
| stiffness(firmness, harshness, conformity, strictness) | |
| tyranny(cruelty, oppression, domination, coercion) |
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