dureté

Definitions of dureté
  1. noun
    the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
    synonyms: agressivité, bestialité, cruauté
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    types:
    agressivité, barbarie, bestialité, cruauté, sauvagerie
    the trait of extreme cruelty
    soif de sang
    cruelty evidence by a capability to commit murder
    type of:
    malice, malveillance, méchanceté
    the quality of threatening evil
  2. noun
    conscientious attention to rules and details
    synonyms: sévérité
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    type of:
    conscience
    the trait of being painstaking and careful
  3. noun
    something hard to endure
    synonyms: sévérité
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    difficulté
    the quality of being difficult
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