Mr Yoshida is too severe with his children.
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Severe
//sɪˈvɪɹ//
Synonyms for "severe" (479 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (96)
austerebrutalextremehardharshheavyintenserigorousseriousspartanstrictabruptabsoluteabsolutistabsolutisticabstruseacerbicacidacidulousacrid
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acrimoniousacuteafflictiveaggressiveagonizingalgidaloofarbitraryarcticarduousaristocraticarrogantasceticasperousastringentatrociousauthoritarianauthoritativeautocraticawfulbadbadlybaldbarebasicbearishbeastlybelow zerobitingbitterbitterly coldbleakblisteringbluffbluntblusteringblusteryborealbossybrashbriskbrumalbrusqueburdensomecandidcausticcavalierchastechurlishclosecoldcold as charitycold as deathcold as icecold as marblecommoncommonplacecomplexconstantcontumeliouscrampingcrimpycrispcriticalcrudecruelcrustycurt
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (144)
cuttingdangerousdecentdelicatedemandingdespoticdictatorialdifficiledifficultdiredirectdisagreeabledisciplineddistressingdomineeringdouble edgeddouble-edgeddourdraconiandrastic
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dreadfuldrydulledgedeffortfulelementaryescharoticessentialevenexactexactingexcessiveexcruciatingexigentexorbitantexpressextravagantfaithfulfastidiousfatalfeudalfiercefineflintyforbiddingforcibleformidablefrankfreezingfreezing coldfrigidfundamentalfuriousgelidglacialgloweringgnawinggravegravelygreatgrievousgrimgrindinggripinggruffhairyhard earnedhard foughthard-earnedhard-foughthardlyharrowingharshlyheavy-handedherculeanhibernalhiemalhigh handedhigh-handedhomelyhomespunhomogeneoushostilehurtfulhurtinghyperboreanice coldice-coldice-encrustedicelikeicyimmoderateimperativeimperialimperiousincisiveinclementindivisibleinerrableinerrantinexorableinfallibleinflexibleinhospitableinhumaninornateintemperateintenselyintricateiron-willedirreducibleirritatingjawbreakingjoylesskeenknockoutknottedknottylaborious
Related words (239)
leanlife threateninglordlymagisterialmagistralmarkedlymasterfulmathematicalmatter-of-factmeanmercilessmeremeticulousmicrometrically precisemicroscopicmodestmonasticmonocraticmonolithicmordacious
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mordantmortalmortifiednastynaturalneatnicenippingnippyno picnicnose ticklingnose-ticklingnot easynumbingobdurateof a pieceonerousopenoperoseoppressiveoutrageousoverbearingovercriticaloverrulingpainfulpainfullypainstakingparoxysmalpenetratingperemptorypiercingpinchingpinpointpiquantpitilessplainplain spokenplain-speakingplain-spokenpoignantprecisepriggishprimalprimaryprimitiveprosaicprosingprosyprudishpungentpunishingpunitivepurepure and simplepuritanrackingradicalrawrefinedrelentlessreligiousreligiously exactrepressiverestrictiverigidrigorouslyroughroughlyruggedrusticruthlesssavagescathingscientificscientifically exactscrupulousself-disciplinedset with thornsseverelysharpshootingshortsiberiansimon puresimon-puresimplesimple-speakingsinglesleetyslushysmartsnappysnippysobersoresoursparesparsespartanicspasmaticspasmicspasmodicspinysplittingsquarestabbingstarksteepsternstiffstingingstone coldstone-coldstonystormystraightforwardstrait-lacedstrenuousstridentstringentstrongsubtlesubzerosupercooledsuppressivesurlyswingeingtarttaxingterminalterriblethornyticklishtighttoilsometormentingtorturoustoughtrenchanttrickytruculentturbulenttyrannicaltyrannousunadornedunaffectedunbendinguncluttereduncompromisingunconscionableundecoratedundeviatingundifferencedundifferentiatedunelaborateunembellishedunerringunfancyunfeelingunfussyungentleuniformunimaginativeunkindunornateunpleasantunpoeticalunsmilingunsparingunsympatheticunvarnishedunyieldinguphillvehementvenomousviciousviolentvirulentvitriolicvituperativeweightywickedwildwinterboundwinterlikewinterywintry
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Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
14 entriesderived
16 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
8 entriesTranslations
144 translations across 43 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ծանր adj (very bad or intense)
Basque
1 entries- zorrotz adj (strict or harsh)
Belarusian
4 entries- стро́гі adj (strict or harsh)
- суро́вы adj (very bad or intense)
- суро́вы adj (strict or harsh)
- цяжкі́ adj (very bad or intense)
Bulgarian
4 entries- жесток adj (very bad or intense)
- неукрасен adj (austere)
- прост adj (austere)
- строг adj (strict or harsh)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 嚴厲 /严厉 adj (strict or harsh)
- 嚴重 /严重 adj (very bad or intense)
Danish
4 entries- hård adj (very bad or intense)
- kras adj (very bad or intense)
- streng adj (strict or harsh)
- stærk adj (very bad or intense)
Dutch
1 entries- streng adj (strict or harsh)
Esperanto
1 entries- severa adj (strict or harsh)
Faroese
1 entries- harðligur adj (very bad or intense)
Finnish
4 entries- ankara adj (very bad or intense)
- ankara adj (strict or harsh)
- karu adj (austere)
- kova adj (very bad or intense)
French
4 entries- grave adj (very bad or intense)
- sévère adj (very bad or intense)
- sévère adj (strict or harsh)
- sévère adj (austere)
Galician
4 entries- austero adj (austere)
- duro adj (strict or harsh)
- estrito adj (strict or harsh)
- severo adj (very bad or intense)
German
1 entries- streng adj (strict or harsh)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐍃 adj (very bad or intense)
Greek
4 entries- άτεγκτος adj (strict or harsh)
- αυστηρός adj (strict or harsh)
- αυστηρός adj (austere)
- βαρύς adj (strict or harsh)
Hebrew
3 entries- חָמוּר adj (very bad or intense)
- קָשֶׁה adj (strict or harsh)
- קָשׁוּחַ adj (strict or harsh)
Hindi
2 entries- कठोर adj (very bad or intense)
- कठोर adj (strict or harsh)
Hungarian
3 entries- komoly adj (very bad or intense)
- szigorú adj (strict or harsh)
- súlyos adj (very bad or intense)
Icelandic
1 entries- harkalegur adj (very bad or intense)
Indonesian
1 entries- parah adj (very bad or intense)
Irish
1 entries- anróiteach adj (very bad or intense)
Italian
4 entries- austero adj (austere)
- duro adj (very bad or intense)
- duro adj (strict or harsh)
- grave adj (very bad or intense)
Japanese
3 entries- 厳しい adj (strict or harsh)
- 渋い adj (austere)
- 酷い adj (very bad or intense)
Latin
1 entries- tētricus adj (strict or harsh)
Latvian
3 entries- bargs adj (strict or harsh)
- nopietns adj (very bad or intense)
- ārkārtējs adj (very bad or intense)
Middle English
2 entries- sad adj (very bad or intense)
- stith adj (strict or harsh)
Māori
4 entries- kakawa adj (very bad or intense)
- kakawa adj (strict or harsh)
- pākaha adj (very bad or intense)
- tārū adj (very bad or intense)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- brysk adj (very bad or intense)
- hard adj (very bad or intense)
- krass adj (very bad or intense)
- ublid adj (very bad or intense)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- brysk adj (very bad or intense)
- hard adj (very bad or intense)
- krass adj (very bad or intense)
- ublid adj (very bad or intense)
Occitan
4 entries- austèr adj (austere)
- estricte adj (very bad or intense)
- estricte adj (strict or harsh)
- sevèr adj (very bad or intense)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- суровъ adj (very bad or intense)
Old English
1 entries- āfor adj (strict or harsh)
Persian
3 entries- ستهم adj (very bad or intense)
- سخت adj (very bad or intense)
- شدید adj (very bad or intense)
Polish
4 entries- poważny adj (very bad or intense)
- srogi adj (strict or harsh)
- surowy adj (strict or harsh)
- surowy adj (austere)
Portuguese
4 entries- austero adj (austere)
- duro adj (strict or harsh)
- rígido adj (strict or harsh)
- severo adj (very bad or intense)
Russian
4 entries- жёсткий adj (strict or harsh)
- стро́гий adj (strict or harsh)
- стро́гий adj (austere)
- суро́вый adj (very bad or intense)
Sanskrit
2 entries- कठोर adj (strict or harsh)
- दारुण adj (strict or harsh)
Spanish
4 entries- austero adj (austere)
- grave adj (very bad or intense)
- severo adj (very bad or intense)
- severo adj (strict or harsh)
Swedish
4 entries- brysk adj (very bad or intense)
- hård adj (very bad or intense)
- kärv adj (very bad or intense)
- skarp adj (very bad or intense)
Thai
4 entries- รุนแรง adj (very bad or intense)
- ร้ายแรง adj (very bad or intense)
- สาหัส adj (very bad or intense)
- เข้มงวด adj (strict or harsh)
Tibetan
3 entries- དཀའ་ཐུབ་དྲག་པོ adj (austere)
- དྲག་པོ adj (strict or harsh)
- ཚབས་ཆེན་པོ adj (very bad or intense)
Ukrainian
4 entries- лю́тий adj (very bad or intense)
- стро́гий adj (strict or harsh)
- суво́рий adj (very bad or intense)
- суво́рий adj (strict or harsh)
Volapük
1 entries- sevärik adj (strict or harsh)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
On the whole, the country has a severe climate.
Source: tatoeba (21803)
On the whole, Canada has a severe climate.
Source: tatoeba (21828)
We are suffering from a severe water shortage this summer.
Source: tatoeba (22975)
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