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Severe

//sɪˈvɪɹ//

Synonyms for "severe" (424 found)

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General use (345)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(3 words)

close stark uphill

Adj, noun, verb(38 words)

open sour subtle uniform primary complex refined terminal piercing commonplace violent unaffected shooting abrupt biting forbidding pinpoint primal taxing stinging

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blistering freezing mordant gruff unbending blustering domineering gnawing pinching numbing harrowing stabbing splitting punishing tormenting agonizing racking prosing

Adjective(13 words)

hard grave wicked serious terrible knockout stark stern spartan dangerous austere grievous life-threatening

Adj, name, verb(4 words)

dull sober brusque curt

Adj, adv, noun, verb(1 words)

express

Adj, adv, verb(2 words)

direct exact

Adj, noun(47 words)

absolute faithful crude critical imperative fundamental essential candid hostile primitive rigid spasmodic homespun ascetic fatal spartan authoritarian disagreeable religious rustic

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Adj, name, noun, verb(6 words)

common grave frank stern mere bald

Adj, adv, noun(1 words)

extreme

Adj, name, noun(4 words)

constant arctic imperial glacial

Adjective(162 words)

extravagant atrocious brutal authoritative outrageous rigorous weighty modest intense homely unyielding relentless furious strict chaste inflexible unconscionable poignant austere grievous

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piquant meticulous scrupulous unfeeling virulent magisterial oppressive pungent turbulent arrogant homogeneous excessive venomous prosaic fastidious incisive formidable vehement forcible trenchant truculent unvarnished undifferentiated exorbitant strenuous knotty masterful unsympathetic ticklish flinty urgent undeviating inexorable monolithic autocratic abstruse immoderate aristocratic laborious arduous inclement imperious churlish acrid contumelious ruthless herculean inhuman thorny joyless priggish hurtful wintry unimaginative dictatorial merciless matter-of-fact acrimonious acerbic microscopic onerous vituperative vitriolic despotic unpleasant scientific prosy monocratic unkind burdensome uncompromising unsparing pitiless mathematical operose toilsome stringent repressive unembellished acidulous prudish blustery simon-pure gelid excruciating brumal heavy-handed tyrannical feudal hibernal cold as charity hiemal algid afflictive ungentle plain-spoken unpoetical spasmatic spasmic inhospitable bearish unerring torturous stone cold sleety subzero mordacious punitive hard-fought stone-cold double-edged unsmiling wintery winterlike tyrannous overcritical difficile asperous jawbreaking snippy plain-speaking inerrant pure and simple icelike high-handed cold as ice cold as death inerrable paroxysmal absolutistic effortful unfussy undecorated undifferenced strait-laced unelaborate crimpy self-disciplined unfancy inornate unornate iron-willed

Adj, verb(22 words)

rugged brisk knotted penetrating difficult precise exacting obdurate intricate intemperate distressing demanding overbearing unadorned irritating sparse scathing disciplined edged swingeing

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supercooled uncluttered

Adj, name(2 words)

vicious stormy

Adj, adv(4 words)

straightforward lordly badly surly

Adj, adv, prep(1 words)

aloof

Adverb(6 words)

roughly intensely markedly rigorously severely harshly

Adv, intj(1 words)

hardly

Noun, verb(6 words)

hurting griping overruling nipping cramping glowering

Prep_phrase(1 words)

of a piece

Adj, adv, name(1 words)

gravely

Informal (79)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

heavy pure sore cruel

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(11 words)

square hard sharp rough stiff plain even wild bare raw bitter

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(15 words)

mean spare keen savage cutting bluff smart crisp blunt lean grim single tart brash cavalier

Adj, adv, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

short

Adj, adv, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

fine nice

Adj, adv, noun, slang(5 words)

cold natural awful dreadful mortal

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

tough

Adj, adv, intj, noun, slang(1 words)

great

Adj, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

simple acute steep grinding

Adj, adv, name, slang(1 words)

strong

Adj, adv, verb, slang(2 words)

tight wicked

Adj, name, noun, phrase, verb, slang(1 words)

dry

Adj, noun, slang(12 words)

radical delicate acid decent elementary caustic crusty bossy slushy nippy ice-cold hard-earned

Adj, intj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

neat

Adj, name, verb, slang(1 words)

harsh

Adj, name, noun, slang(2 words)

nasty basic

Adj, adv, slang(3 words)

fierce serious beastly

Adj, slang(6 words)

snappy tricky hairy painful frigid dangerous

Adj, name, slang(3 words)

dire icy stony

Adj, verb, slang(1 words)

mortified

Adv, slang(1 words)

painfully

Phrase, slang(1 words)

no picnic

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