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
- 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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