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Adjective
  • very bad in degree or extent
    • a severe worldwide depression
    • the house suffered severe damage
  • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
    • a dangerous operation
    • a grave situation
    • a grave illness
    • grievous bodily harm
    • a serious wound
    • a serious turn of events
    • a severe case of pneumonia
    • a life-threatening disease
  • unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
    • a parent severe to the pitch of hostility- H.G.Wells
    • a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien
    • a strict disciplinarian
    • a Spartan upbringing
  • severely simple
    • a stark interior
  • very strong or vigorous
    • strong winds
    • a hard left to the chin
    • a knockout punch
    • a severe blow
  • intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
    • severe pain
    • a severe case of flu
    • a terrible cough
    • under wicked fire from the enemy's guns
    • a wicked cough
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