Severe

/sɪˈvɪɹ/

Synonyms for "severe" (548 found)

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Adjective(24 words)

grave seriousabusive languageacuteacute observeracute symptomacutestadverse weatheraggravating asper austereaustere appearanceausterer austerestawful error ratebig bloodiest catastrophiccatastrophic failurecraggy

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cruel actcruelest crueller damning

abrupt absolute absolutist absolutistic abstruse acerbic acid acidulous acrid acrimonious acute afflictive aggressive agonizing algid aloof arbitrary arctic arduous aristocratic

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arrogant ascetic asperous astringent atrocious austere authoritarian authoritative autocratic awful badly bald bare basic bearish beastlybelow zerobiting bitterbitterly coldbleak blistering bluff blunt blustering blustery boreal bossy brash brisk brumal brusque brutal burdensome candid caustic cavalier chaste churlish close coldcold as charitycold as deathcold as icecold as marblecommon commonplace complex constant contumelious cramping crimpy crisp critical crude cruel crusty curt cutting dangerous

Verb(1 words)

aggravated

Noun(5 words)

battering brimstone bruising crushing damn

Strong matches (164)

Adjective(33 words)

dangerousdangerous tamperingdeadlier desperate direst doggonedest dourer dourest drasticdrastic dilutionsdriving factorextremeextreme degree adjectiveextreme weather eventsextremer ferocious fiercer fiercest fulminant gravest

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grievous grimmer hard harsh harsher harshest horrifichostile climatehottest humourless intenseintense painkeenest

decent delicate demanding despotic dictatorial difficile difficult dire direct disagreeable disciplined distressing domineeringdouble edgeddouble-edged dour draconian drastic dreadful dry

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Verb(3 words)

decimated excoriating funking

Noun(10 words)

deep cutdoggonerenvironmental collapseextreme emotiongashing gorkiy hardlineinclement weatherintense disgustintense emotion

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Adjective(42 words)

knockoutlife threateninglife-threateningmassive stormnastier nasty painfullestradical dataraspiestrigorous argumentscathing reviewserious consequencesserious issueserious matterspartan stark starkest sternstern reprimandsterner

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sternest stiffer stiffest stoutest strictest stringent strongstrong intensifierterrible torrential uglyugly ogreunforgiving viciousviolent actviolent insurrectionviolent pushesviolent shovevirulent microbewickedwild weatherwrathful

knotted knotty laborious lean lordly magisterial magistral markedly masterful mathematicalmatter-of-factmean merciless mere meticulousmicrometrically precisemicroscopic modest monastic monocratic

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monolithic mordacious mordant mortal mortified nasty natural neat nice nipping nippyno picnicnose ticklingnose-ticklingnot easynumbing obdurateof a pieceonerous open operose oppressive outrageous overbearing overcritical overruling painful painfully painstaking paroxysmal penetrating peremptory piercing pinching pinpoint piquant pitiless plainplain spokenplain-speaking plain-spoken poignant precise priggish primal primary primitive prosaic prosing prosy prudish pungent punishing punitive purepure and simplepuritan racking radical raw refined relentless religiousreligiously exactrepressive restrictive rigid rigorous rigorously rough roughly rugged rustic ruthless savage scathing scientificscientifically exactscrupulous self-disciplined seriousset with thornsseverely sharp shooting short siberiansimon puresimon-pure simple simple-speaking single sleety slushy smart snappy snippy sober sore sour spare sparse spartan spartanic spasmatic spasmic spasmodic spiny splitting square stabbing stark steep stern stiff stingingstone coldstone-cold stony stormy straightforward strait-laced strenuous strict strident stringent strong subtle subzero supercooled suppressive surly swingeing tart taxing terminal thorny ticklish tight toilsome tormenting torturous tough trenchant tricky truculent turbulent tyrannical tyrannous unadorned unaffected unbending uncluttered uncompromising unconscionable undecorated undeviating undifferenced undifferentiated unelaborate unembellished unerring unfancy unfeeling unfussy ungentle uniform unimaginative unkind unornate unpleasant unpoetical unsmiling unsparing unsympathetic unvarnished unyielding uphill vehement venomous vicious violent virulent vitriolic vituperative weighty wicked wild winterbound winterlike wintery wintry

Noun(18 words)

lambasting lashinglawbreaking penaltylickingmass coral bleachingmaulingmost awfulmost intensepiercing glarepummeling raging scourging screamingserious descriptorslashing thwackingviolent revolution studywetland fragmentation

Determiner(1 words)

most extreme form

Adjective(1 words)

urgent

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

intensitypenalty magnitudeseverity

More specific

10 entries

severe anemiasevere constraintssevere damagesevere finessevere injurysevere penaltysevere pneumoniasevere sanctionssevere sepsissevere weather

Collocations

6 entries

severe constraintssevere droughtsevere illnesssevere impactsevere penaltiessevere weather

Inflections

3 entries

more severemost severeseverer

Derivations

2 entries

severely severity

similar

7 entries

bad critical intense nonindulgent plain strict strong

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Mr Yoshida is too severe with his children.

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On the whole, the country has a severe climate.

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On the whole, Canada has a severe climate.

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We are suffering from a severe water shortage this summer.

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