48 entries under sternness topic. ×
| exactingness(noun, strictness, fastidiousness) | |
| ruthlessness(noun, violence, torture, cruelty, coarseness) | |
| solemnity(noun, concern, importance, gravity, strictness) | |
| unkindness(noun, violence, discipline, firmness, sharpness) | |
| exactness(harshness, conformity, strictness, conservatism) | |
| obduracy(noun, harshness, conformity, strictness) | |
| relentlessness(noun, harshness) | |
| abstemiousness(noun, simplicity, dullness, harshness, strictness) | |
| hardheartedness(noun, discipline, firmness, cruelty, harshness) | |
| soberness(simplicity, dullness, strictness, plainness) | |
| stoicism(noun, simplicity, dullness, strictness, plainness) | |
| economy(simplicity, harshness, strictness, crudeness, unfriendliness) | |
| formality | |
| moroseness(sharpness, harshness) | |
| puritanism(strictness, austerity, self-discipline, abstemiousness) | |
| astringence | |
| chasteness(strictness, austerity, self-discipline, abstemiousness) | |
| continence(simplicity, dullness, strictness, plainness, austerity) | |
| determination(firmness, strictness, rigidity, stiffness, austerity) | |
| dourness(simplicity, harshness, crudeness, unfriendliness) |
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