Severity
Nouns
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severity
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strictness, harshness etc. adj.
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rigor, stringency, austerity
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inclemency etc. (pitilessness) Existence4-pity">Pity.1
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arrogance etc. [Undue assumption of superiority.] Insolence
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precisianism. arbitrary power
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absolutism, despotism
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dictatorship, autocracy, tyranny, domineering, oppression
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assumption, usurpation
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inquisition, reign of terror, martial law
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iron heel, iron rule, iron hand, iron sway
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tight grasp
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brute force, brute strength
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coercion etc. Compulsion
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strong hand, tight hand. hard lines, hard measure
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tender mercies [Iron.]
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sharp practice
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pipe-clay, officialism. tyrant, disciplinarian, precisian, martinet, stickler, bashaw, despot, hard master, Draco, oppressor, inquisitor, extortioner, harpy, vulture
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accipitres, birds of prey, raptorials, raptors.
Verbs
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be severe etc. adj.. assume, usurp, arrogate, take liberties
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domineer, bully etc. [Undue assumption of superiority.] Insolence
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tyrannize, inflict, wreak, stretch a point, put on the screw
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be hard upon
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bear a heavy hand on, lay a heavy hand on
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be down upon, come down upon
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ill treat
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deal hardly with, deal hard measure to
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rule with a rod of iron, chastise with scorpions
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dye with blood
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oppress, override
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trample under foot
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tread under foot, tread upon, trample upon, tread down upon, trample down upon
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crush under an iron heel, ride roughshod over
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rivet the yoke
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hold a tight hand, keep a tight hand
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force down the throat
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coerce etc. Compulsion
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give no quarter etc. (pitiless) Existence4-pity">Pity.1.
Adjectives
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severe
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strict, hard, harsh, dour, rigid, stiff, stern, rigorous, uncompromising, exacting, exigent, exigeant, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, austere, hard-headed, hard-nosed, hard-shell [U.S.], relentless, Spartan, Draconian, stringent, strait-laced, searching, unsparing, iron-handed, peremptory, absolute, positive, arbitrary, imperative
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coercive etc. Compulsion
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tyrannical, extortionate, grinding, withering, oppressive, inquisitorial
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inclement etc. (ruthless) Existence4-pity">Pity.1
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cruel etc. (malevolent) Malevolence
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haughty, arrogant etc. [Undue assumption of superiority.] Insolence
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precisian.
Adverbs
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severely etc. adj.
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with a high hand, with a strong hand, with a tight hand, with a heavy hand. at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet.