Inclemency
[ɪn'klɛmənsi]
Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity.
(n.) Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow.
Typist: Lucinda
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Severity, rigor, harshness, boisterousness, storminess, tempestuousness, roughness.
Checker: Percy
Examples
- She had come abroad with the Welly Brys at the moment when fashion flees the inclemency of the New York spring. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Human being there was none to reply; and the inclemency of the night had driven the wandering animals to the habitations they had usurped. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Those who live by agriculture generally pass the whole day in the open air, exposed to all the inclemencies of the seasons. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Typist: Ludwig