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Severe

//sɪˈvɪɹ// adj, name

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Very bad or intense.

    "In the severer cases of hookworm the patient sometimes has an appetite for soil, paper, hair, clay, chalk, starch, and other unpalatables."

  2. 2
    Strict or harsh.

    "a severe taskmaster"

  3. 3
    Sober, plain in appearance, austere.

    "a severe old maiden aunt"

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm wordnet
  2. 2
    very bad in degree or extent wordnet
  3. 3
    unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment wordnet
  4. 4
    intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality wordnet
  5. 5
    severely simple wordnet
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  1. 6
    very strong or vigorous wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin severus (“severe, serious, grave in demeanor”).

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