Severest

//səˈvɪɹəst//

Synonyms for "severest" (479 found)

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Strong matches (144)

cutting dangerous decent delicate demanding despotic dictatorial difficile difficult dire direct disagreeable disciplined distressing domineering double edged double-edged dour draconian drastic

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Adjective(5 words)

dangerous grave grievous hard knockout

Adjective(20 words)

dour extreme flint-hearted forbidding frosty grim hard hard-boiled hardened hardhearted harsh heartless heavy humorless icy inornate insensitive instant intense iron-hearted

Related words (239)

lean life threatening lordly magisterial magistral markedly masterful mathematical matter-of-fact mean merciless mere meticulous micrometrically precise microscopic modest monastic monocratic monolithic mordacious

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mordant mortal mortified nasty natural neat nice nipping nippy no picnic nose tickling nose-tickling not easy numbing obdurate of a piece onerous open operose oppressive outrageous overbearing overcritical overruling painful painfully painstaking paroxysmal penetrating peremptory piercing pinching pinpoint piquant pitiless plain plain spoken plain-speaking plain-spoken poignant precise priggish primal primary primitive prosaic prosing prosy prudish pungent punishing punitive pure pure and simple puritan racking radical raw refined relentless religious religiously exact repressive restrictive rigid rigorously rough roughly rugged rustic ruthless savage scathing scientific scientifically exact scrupulous self-disciplined set with thorns severely sharp shooting short siberian simon pure simon-pure simple simple-speaking single sleety slushy smart snappy snippy sober sore sour spare sparse spartanic spasmatic spasmic spasmodic spiny splitting square stabbing stark steep stern stiff stinging stone cold stone-cold stony stormy straightforward strait-laced strenuous strident stringent strong subtle subzero supercooled suppressive surly swingeing tart taxing terminal terrible 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

Adjective(7 words)

life-threatening serious spartan stark stern terrible wicked

Adjective(25 words)

modest plain quiet rigorous rockhearted serious simple spartan stern stonehearted stony stonyhearted strict tough unadorned undecked unembellished unextravagant ungarnished unmoved

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unornamented unsympathetic untrimmed unvarnished urgent

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sever severe

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sever severe

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The judge made no bones about his disgust with the accused's actions and handed down the severest sentence possible.

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