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Synonyms for severe
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : suh-veer |
Phonetic Transcription : səˈvɪər |
Top 10 synonyms for severe Other synonyms for the word severe
- arduous
- ascetic
- astringent
- austere
- biting
- bleak
- caustic
- close
- cold
- consequential
- critical
- cruel
- cutting
- dear
- demanding
- despotic
- disapproving
- distressing
- domineering
- dour
- earnest
- effortful
- exacting
- firm
- flinty
- forbidding
- grave
- grim
- grinding
- hard
- hard-nosed
- hefty
- implacable
- inclement
- inconsiderate
- inexorable
- inflexible
- intemperate
- iron-handed
- mordant
- obdurate
- oppressive
- overbearing
- peremptory
- pitiless
- relentless
- resolute
- resolved
- rigid
- rigorous
- rugged
- satirical
- scathing
- serious
- sharp
- sober
- sore
- stern
- stiff
- strait-laced
- strenuous
- strict
- stringent
- taxing
- tight-lipped
- toilsome
- tough
- tyrannical
- unalterable
- unbending
- unchanging
- unfeeling
- unpleasant
- unrelenting
- unsmiling
- unsparing
- violent
- weighty
- wicked
Définition of severe
Origin :- 1540s, from Middle French severe (12c., Modern French sévère) or directly from Latin severus "serious, grave, strict, austere" (see severity). From 1660s with reference to styles or tastes; from 1725 of diseases.
- adj uncompromising, stern
- adj difficult, harsh
- The blow was a bit too severe and the Egyptian fell down dead.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Had I been subject only to his examination, my ordeal would not have been severe.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Well, indeed, might my mother say, that I should have severe trials.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- In severe obedience to orders, therefore, he did not even now call.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- She had held her inclinations in check with severe judgment.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- "I do not understand, Rico," he said, with a severe glance at the boy.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- But Nelly is coming bravely through a severe test of character.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Perhaps these strange symptoms were a sign that she was about to have a severe illness.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- The losses sustained by the Brigade were indisputably most severe.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- But my punishment was the same—a severe chill which made me very ill.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
Antonyms for severe
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