ಅರ್ಥ : The quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding.
							ಉದಾಹರಣೆ : 
							The sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable.
							
ಅರ್ಥ : Uncompromising resolution.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : strictness
Sternness meaning in Telugu.