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Defenition of the word severe

    • Defenition of the word severe

      • Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality.
      • Very strong or vigorous (e.g. of a punch or blow).
      • Very bad in degree or extent (e.g. of depression or damage).
      • Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm.
      • severely simple; "a stark interior"
      • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"
      • very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"
      • very bad in degree or extent; "a severe worldwide depression"; "the house suffered severe damage"
      • unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing"
      • intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough"
      • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"
      • intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy''s guns"; "a wicked cough"
      • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
      • very bad in degree or extent
      • unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
      • intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
      • severely simple
      • very strong or vigorous

    Synonyms for the word severe

      • acute
      • austere
      • awful
      • brutal
      • critical
      • cruel
      • dangerous
      • difficult
      • grave
      • grievous
      • hard
      • harsh
      • knockout
      • plain
      • relentless
      • rigorous
      • ruthless
      • serious
      • simple
      • spartan
      • stark
      • stern
      • strict
      • terrible
      • unadorned
      • undecorated
      • unembellished
      • wicked

    Similar words in the severe

      • bad
      • critical
      • intense
      • nonindulgent
      • plain
      • severe
      • severed
      • severely
      • severer
      • severest
      • strong

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