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Severe
sɪˈvɪə
Severe definitions
adjective
severer
severest
severe
- (of something bad or undesirable) very great; intense
"a severe shortage of technicians"
acute very bad serious grave critical dire drastic grievous extreme dreadful terrible awful frightful appalling sore fierce violent strong wild powerful forceful intense excruciating agonizing violent intense dreadful awful terrible frightful unbearable intolerable unendurable- demanding great ability, skill, or resilience
"a severe test of stamina"
- (of punishment of a person) strict or harsh
"the charges would have warranted a severe sentence"
harsh hard bitter bitterly cold cold bleak freezing icy arctic polar Siberian extreme nasty harsh scathing sharp strong fierce ferocious stringent savage blistering searing stinging scorching devastating mordant trenchant caustic biting cutting withering rigorous unsparing extortionate excessive unreasonable inordinate outrageous sky-high harsh stiff strict stern rigorous harsh hard inflexible uncompromising inexorable implacable rigid unbending relentless unrelenting unyielding merciless pitiless ruthless draconian oppressive repressive punitive rough nasty- (of a person) formal and unsmiling
- very plain in style or appearance
"she wore another severe suit, grey this time"
plain simple restrained unadorned undecorated unembellished unornamented austere chaste spare stark ultra-plain unfussy without frills spartan ascetic monastic puritanical