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ankaruus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • austerity noun Extreme plainness and self-discipline, with no luxuries.
  • intensity noun The quality or degree of being strong, forceful, or extreme.
  • rigour noun Severity or strictness.
  • severity noun The quality of being harsh, strict, or extreme.
  • toughness noun The quality of being resistant to breaking, wear, or damage.

Senses

ankaruus is used for these senses in English:

  • asperity (uncountable) The quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person; (countable, chiefly, in the plural) a deeply hostile or resentful feeling; an animosity, a hatred.
  • austerity Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
  • intensity The quality of being intense.
  • intensiveness The condition of being intensive.
  • rigour Harshness, as of climate.
  • severity The state of being severe.
  • toughness (uncountable) The state of being tough.

austerity — full definition

  1. noun Extreme plainness and self-discipline, with no luxuries.
  2. noun A government policy of cutting spending or raising taxes to reduce a deficit.

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