severity
Roget-categorie 739
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.6. General intersocial volition
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Severity
zelfstandig naamwoord
severity —
strictness,
harshness
etc.
adj. —
rigor,
stringency,
austerity —
inclemency
etc.
(pitilessness)
914.1;
arrogance
etc.
885 —
precisianism†.
arbitrary power —
absolutism,
despotism —
dictatorship,
autocracy,
tyranny,
domineering,
oppression —
assumption,
usurpation —
inquisition,
reign of terror,
martial law —
iron heel,
iron rule,
iron hand,
iron sway —
tight grasp —
brute force,
brute strength —
coercion
etc.
744 —
strong hand,
tight hand.
hard lines,
hard measure —
tender mercies [Iron.] —
sharp practice —
pipe-clay,
officialism.
tyrant,
disciplinarian,
precisian†,
martinet,
stickler,
bashaw†,
despot,
hard master,
Draco,
oppressor,
inquisitor,
extortioner,
harpy,
vulture —
accipitres†,
birds of prey,
raptorials†,
raptors†.
werkwoord
be severe
etc.
adj..
assume,
usurp,
arrogate,
take liberties —
domineer,
bully
etc.
885 —
tyrannize,
inflict,
wreak,
stretch a point,
put on the screw —
be hard upon —
bear a heavy hand on,
lay a heavy hand on —
be down upon,
come down upon —
ill treat —
deal hardly with,
deal hard measure to —
rule with a rod of iron,
chastise with scorpions —
dye with blood —
oppress,
override —
trample under foot —
tread under foot,
tread upon,
trample upon,
tread down upon,
trample down upon —
crush under an iron heel,
ride roughshod over —
rivet the yoke —
hold a tight hand,
keep a tight hand —
force down the throat —
coerce
etc.
744 —
give no quarter
etc.
(pitiless)
914.1.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
severe —
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 —
coercive
etc.
744 —
tyrannical,
extortionate,
grinding,
withering,
oppressive,
inquisitorial —
inclement
etc.
(ruthless)
914.1;
cruel
etc.
(malevolent)
907 —
haughty,
arrogant
etc.
885 —
precisian†.
bijwoord
severely
etc.
adj. —
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.
uitdrukking
Delirant reges plectuntur Achivi [Lat.] —
manu forti [Lat.] —
ogni debole ha sempre il suo tiranno [It].
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