Harshness
Crossword Clue and Answers
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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Irish Independent - Simple.
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Publications
- Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 13 Dec 2021
- The Guardian Speedy - Sunday, 24 Oct 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 6 Oct 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 30 Aug 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 10 Dec 2020
- The Mirror Quick - Saturday, 17 Oct 2020
- The Guardian Quick - Friday, 22 Nov 2019
Crossword Answers
5 letters
RIGOR
The quality of being valid and rigorous
6 letters
RIGOUR
Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
7 letters
CRUELTY
A cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
8 letters
HARDNESS
A quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering; "the costs of reducing hardness depend on the relative amounts of calcium and magnesium compounds that are present"
SEVERITY
Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
ASPERITY
Harshness of manner
9 letters
ROUGHNESS
Harsh or severe speech or behavior; "men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity"; "the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet"
STIFFNESS
The property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"
CRUELNESS
The quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
STERNNESS
Uncompromising resolution
AUSTERITY
The trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
10 letters
SEVERENESS
Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
INCLEMENCY
Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
12 letters
RIGOROUSNESS
Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
ABRASIVENESS
The quality of being sharply disagreeable
SCRATCHINESS
The roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
13 letters
RIGOUROUSNESS
Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"