ALL meanings of severe
se·vere
S s - adjective severe harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws. 1
- adjective severe serious or stern in manner or appearance: a severe face. 1
- adjective severe grave; critical: a severe illness. 1
- adjective severe rigidly restrained in style, taste, manner, etc.; simple, plain, or austere. 1
- adjective severe causing discomfort or distress by extreme character or conditions, as weather, cold, or heat; unpleasantly violent, as rain or wind, or a blow or shock. 1
- adjective severe difficult to endure, perform, fulfill, etc.: a severe test of his powers. 1
- adjective severe rigidly exact, accurate, or methodical: severe standards. 1
- adjective severe very bad 1
- adjective severe serious, stern 1
- adjective severe expression: serious 1
- adjective severe harsh 1
- adjective severe austere 1
- adjective severe You use severe to indicate that something bad or undesirable is great or intense. 0
- adjective severe Severe punishments or criticisms are very strong or harsh. 0
- graded adjective severe If you describe the appearance of someone or something as severe, you do not like its plain appearance and lack of decoration. 0
- adjective severe rigorous or harsh in the treatment of others; strict 0
- adjective severe serious in appearance or manner; stern 0
- adjective severe critical or dangerous 0
- adjective severe causing misery or discomfort by its harshness 0
- adjective severe strictly restrained in appearance; austere 0
- adjective severe hard to endure, perform, or accomplish 0
- adjective severe rigidly precise or exact 0
- adjective severe harsh, strict, or highly critical, as in treatment; unsparing; stern 0
- adjective severe serious or grave; forbidding, as in expression or manner 0
- adjective severe serious or grievous 0
- adjective severe conforming strictly to a rule, method, standard, etc.; rigidly accurate or demanding 0
- adjective severe extremely plain or simple; unornamented; restrained 0
- adjective severe keen; extreme; intense 0
- adjective severe difficult; rigorous; trying 0
- adjective severe Severe injuries, damage, or illnesses are very bad or very serious. 0