'Inclemency' definitions:
Definition of 'inclemency'
(from WordNet)
noun
Weather unsuitable for outdoor activities [syn: bad weather, inclemency, inclementness] [ant: good weather]
noun
Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" [syn: severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness]
Definition of 'Inclemency'
From: GCIDE
- Inclemency \In*clem"en*cy\, n.; pl. Inclemencies. [L. inclementia: cf. F. incl['e]mence.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The state or quality of being inclement; lack of clemency; lack of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity. [1913 Webster]
- The inclemency of the late pope. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow. [1913 Webster]
- The inclemencies of morning air. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- The rude inclemency of wintry skies. --Cowper.
- Syn: Harshness; severity; cruelty; rigor; roughness; storminess; boisterousness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inclemency'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute zero,
- acuteness,
- algidity,
- animality,
- astringency,
- atrocity,
- austerity,
- barbarity,
- bitterness,
- bleakness,
- bloodlust,
- briskness,
- brutality,
- chill,
- chilliness,
- cold,
- coldness,
- cool,
- coolness,
- coolth,
- crispness,
- cruelty,
- cryogenics,
- cryology,
- decrease in temperature,
- destructiveness,
- extremity,
- ferociousness,
- fierceness,
- flintiness,
- force,
- freezing point,
- freshness,
- frigidity,
- frostiness,
- furiousness,
- gelidity,
- grimness,
- hardness,
- harshness,
- heartlessness,
- iciness,
- impetuosity,
- inexorableness,
- inhumanity,
- intense cold,
- intensity,
- keenness,
- low temperature,
- malignity,
- mercilessness,
- mindlessness,
- murderousness,
- nip,
- nippiness,
- pitilessness,
- rawness,
- relentlessness,
- remorselessness,
- rigor,
- roughness,
- ruthlessness,
- savagery,
- severity,
- sharp air,
- sharpness,
- short shrift,
- sternness,
- stringency,
- tender mercies,
- terrorism,
- uncompassionateness,
- unfeelingness,
- unforgivingness,
- ungentleness,
- unmercifulness,
- unremorsefulness,
- unsympatheticness,
- unyieldingness,
- vandalism,
- vehemence,
- venom,
- viciousness,
- violence,
- virulence