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sternness

noun

uncompromising resolution

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Word length
9
Starts with
S
Ends with
S
Contains
TE
Scrabble score
9
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. uncompromising resolution

noun

  1. the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding

    “the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable”

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the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable

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