Synonyms for drastic

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dras-tik

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdræs tɪk

Définition of drastic

Origin : 1690s, originally medical, "forceful, vigorous, especially in effect on bowels," from Greek drastikos "effective, efficacious; active, violent," from drasteon "(thing) to be done," from dran "to do, act, perform." Sense of "extreme, severe" is first recorded 1808. Related: Drastically.

adj severe, extreme

Example sentences :

No matter what others may want, these people want a drastic economy.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

But an unspoiled boy would not have needed that drastic medicine.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

He felt that the time had come for action of a quick and drastic nature.
Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks

Because of it relations with other persons undergo a drastic change.
Extract from : « The Romance of the Soul » by Lilian Staveley

Drastic improvements in housing, feeding, and sanitation in the towns themselves.
Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy

They suffered no drastic loss of touch with undergraduate thought and life.
Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper

Pales before the drastic preachment of the Norwich scientist.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 3, 1916 » by Various

Then we should have had a drastic representation of the depraved derelicts.
Extract from : « Maxim Gorki » by Hans Ostwald

His recommendations were of a very painful and drastic character.
Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman

The moment is critical, and all depends upon your own drastic actions.
Extract from : « The Minister of Evil » by William Le Queux

Antonyms for drastic

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