sternness
sternness · sternnesses
Strenge, Härte, Ernst, Strengheit
The state or quality of being sternThe state or quality of being stern.
US/stˈɝnnəs/
» His eyes redeem his face from sternness.
Seine Augen nehmen seinem Gesicht die Strenge.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The state or quality of being stern.
Strenge, Härte, Ernst
(countable)The result or product of being stern.
More definitions
- uncompromising resolution
- the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding
Examples
1 sentencesHis eyes redeem his face from sternness.
deSeine Augen nehmen seinem Gesicht die Strenge.
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
state or quality of being stern:
Forms
plural: sternnesses| Singular | sternness |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- uncompromising resolution:strictness
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedstern
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable