severe en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle French, from Latin severus (“severe, serious, grave in demeanor”).
Meanings
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Very bad or intense.
Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.
2012 January 14, Donald Worster, “A Drier and Hotter Future”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2012, page 70:Parkinsonism, at its severest, presents itself as an akinetic amimia (as opposed to certain cortical disorders which are amimic akinesias).
1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:In the severer cases of hookworm the patient sometimes has an appetite for soil, paper, hair, clay, chalk, starch, and other unpalatables.
1934, Your Germs and Mine, page 295:
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Strict or harsh.
a severe taskmaster
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Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
severe clothing
a severe old maiden aunt
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most severe | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more severe | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| severer | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| severest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
severity · severe tea · oversevere · severe combined immunodeficiency · severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy · severe clear · severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome · unsevere · semisevere · severe gale · severely · severe acute respiratory syndrome · ultrasevere · nonsevere · supersevere · severeness
Synonyms
modest · stony · cold-eyed · grim · unvarnished · serious · untrimmed · acute · simple · heartless · inornate · hard-boiled · unsympathetic · undecked · insensitive · rockhearted · marble-hearted · unadorned · modest · chaste · rigorous · stonyhearted · tough · quiet · unextravagant · spartan · hardhanded · heavy · insensate · hardhearted · brutal · dour · bare · brutal · unornamented · plain · cruel · hardened · callous · unmoved · forbidding · intense · frosty · simple · strict · severe · icy · heartless · hard · flint-hearted · severe · humorless · unembellished · ungarnished · extreme · rigorous · cold · harsh · iron-hearted · austere · stonehearted · thick-skinned · hard · stern
Translations (145)
eu zorrotz (strict or harsh) · fr sévère (austere) · oc sevèr (very bad or intense) · it severo (strict or harsh) · gl severo (austere) · sa कठोर (strict or harsh) · fi vaikea (strict or harsh) · be суро́вы (strict or harsh) · ru суро́вый (strict or harsh) · nb hard (very bad or intense) · uk лю́тий (very bad or intense) · got 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐍃 (very bad or intense) · pt severo (strict or harsh) · bo ཚབས་ཆེན་པོ (very bad or intense) · pl poważny (very bad or intense) · pt severo (austere) · fi vakava (very bad or intense) · pt duro (strict or harsh) · fr grave (very bad or intense) · he קָשׁוּחַ (strict or harsh) · sv brysk (very bad or intense) · ja 酷い (very bad or intense) · nb voldsom (very bad or intense) · th ร้ายแรง (very bad or intense) · el αυστηρός (strict or harsh) · es grave (very bad or intense) · ru стро́гий (strict or harsh) · it grave (very bad or intense) · mi tārū (very bad or intense) · es severo (very bad or intense) · el άτεγκτος (strict or harsh) · hu súlyos (very bad or intense) · ja 厳しい (strict or harsh) · uk суво́рий (very bad or intense) · ru суро́вый (austere) · fa سخت (very bad or intense) · it austero (austere) · sv kärv (very bad or intense) · el λιτός (austere) · oc sevèr (strict or harsh) · nb krass (very bad or intense) · nb ublid (very bad or intense) · el βαρύς (strict or harsh) · ga anróiteach (very bad or intense) · sv hård (very bad or intense) · nl streng (strict or harsh) · fi raju (very bad or intense) · oc austèr (austere) · fi kova (very bad or intense) · cmn 嚴厲 /严厉 (strict or harsh) · bg неукрасен (austere) · da kras (very bad or intense) · fi tuima (very bad or intense) · uk стро́гий (strict or harsh) · sv skarp (very bad or intense) · be цяжкі́ (very bad or intense) · ru жёсткий (strict or harsh) · ru суро́вый (very bad or intense) · gl austero (austere) · it duro (very bad or intense) · lv ārkārtējs (very bad or intense) · th สาหัส (very bad or intense) · es severo (strict or harsh) · sa दारुण (strict or harsh) · da stærk (very bad or intense) · eo severa (strict or harsh) · hu komoly (very bad or intense) · el σφοδρός (very bad or intense) · bo དྲག་པོ (strict or harsh) · bg суро́в (very bad or intense) · be стро́гі (strict or harsh) · sv våldsam (very bad or intense) · ang āfor (strict or harsh) · fi vakava (austere) · nn hard (very bad or intense) · gl estrito (strict or harsh) · nn krass (very bad or intense) · bg жесток (very bad or intense) · nn brysk (very bad or intense) · es austero (austere) · mi kakawa (very bad or intense) · fi karu (austere) · ru стро́гий (austere) · fr sévère (strict or harsh) · bg строг (strict or harsh) · oc estricte (strict or harsh) · pt austero (austere) · he קָשֶׁה (strict or harsh) · la tētricus (strict or harsh) · th เรียบง่าย (austere) · fi ankara (very bad or intense) · fr sévère (very bad or intense) · uk суво́рий (strict or harsh) · uk тяжки́й (very bad or intense) · pl surowy (strict or harsh) · bo དཀའ་ཐུབ་དྲག་པོ (austere) · it rigido (strict or harsh) · be суро́вы (very bad or intense) · fi ankara (strict or harsh) · oc sevèr (austere) · is harkalegur (very bad or intense) · lv bargs (strict or harsh) · id parah (very bad or intense) · enm stith (strict or harsh) · fa ستهم (very bad or intense) · mi kakawa (strict or harsh) · el αυστηρός (austere) · da hård (very bad or intense) · hy ծանր (very bad or intense) · th เข้มงวด (strict or harsh) · orv суровъ (very bad or intense) · he חָמוּר (very bad or intense) · fo harðligur (very bad or intense) · pt severo (very bad or intense) · es severo (austere) · pl surowy (austere) · gl severo (very bad or intense) · da streng (strict or harsh) · lv nopietns (very bad or intense) · oc estricte (very bad or intense) · de streng (strict or harsh) · gl severo (strict or harsh) · da voldsom (very bad or intense) · pt rígido (strict or harsh) · hi कठोर (strict or harsh) · sv svår (very bad or intense) · th เคร่งครัด (strict or harsh) · it duro (strict or harsh) · mi pākaha (very bad or intense) · th เคร่งขรึม (strict or harsh) · fa شدید (very bad or intense) · hu szigorú (strict or harsh) · cmn 嚴重 /严重 (very bad or intense) · vo sevärik (strict or harsh) · pl srogi (strict or harsh) · bg прост (austere) · ru тяжёлый (very bad or intense) · gl duro (strict or harsh) · it rigido (very bad or intense) · nb brysk (very bad or intense) · th รุนแรง (very bad or intense) · ja 渋い (austere) · hi कठोर (very bad or intense) · nn ublid (very bad or intense) · enm sad (very bad or intense)