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Definitions for Severe

[1] harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.
[2] serious or stern in manner or appearance: a severe face.
[3] grave; critical: a severe illness.
[4] rigidly restrained in style, taste, manner, etc.; simple, plain, or austere.
[5] causing discomfort or distress by extreme character or conditions, as weather, cold, or heat; unpleasantly violent, as rain or wind, or a blow or shock.
[6] difficult to endure, perform, fulfill, etc.: a severe test of his powers.
[7] rigidly exact, accurate, or methodical: severe standards.
[8] rigorous or harsh in the treatment of others; strict a severe parent
[9] serious in appearance or manner; stern
[10] critical or dangerous a severe illness
[11] causing misery or discomfort by its harshness severe weather
[12] strictly restrained in appearance; austere a severe way of dressing
[13] hard to endure, perform, or accomplish a severe test
[14] rigidly precise or exact

Words related to Severe

serious, relentless, harsh, strict, heavy, acute, drastic, stringent, tough, punishing, dangerous, violent, fierce, sharp, bitter, intense, extreme, astringent, austere, biting

Words nearby Severe

severally, severalty, severance, severance pay, severance tax, severe, severe acute respiratory syndrome, severe combined immune deficiency, severe combined immunodeficiency, severinus, severity

Origin of Severe

1540–50; < Latin sevērus, or back formation from severity

Other words from Severe

se·vere·ly , adverb
se·vere·ness , noun
o·ver·se·vere , adjective
o·ver·se·vere·ly , adverb
o·ver·se·vere·ness , noun
su·per·se·vere , adjective
su·per·se·vere·ly , adverb
su·per·se·vere·ness , noun
un·se·vere , adjective
un·se·vere·ly , adverb
un·se·vere·ness , noun

Word origin for Severe

C16: from Latin sevērus

Synonyms for Severe

harsh, relentless, serious, strict, astringent, austere, biting, caustic, close, cold, cruel, cutting, disapproving, dour, earnest, firm, flinty, forbidding, grave, grim, hard, hard-nosed, inconsiderate, inexorable, inflexible, iron-handed, obdurate, oppressive, peremptory, pitiless, resolute, resolved, rigid, satirical, scathing, sober, stern, stiff, strait-laced, tight-lipped, unalterable, unbending, unchanging, unfeeling, unrelenting, unsmiling, unsparing