ALL meanings of severest
se·vere
S s - adjective severest harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws. 1
- adjective severest serious or stern in manner or appearance: a severe face. 1
- adjective severest grave; critical: a severe illness. 1
- adjective severest rigidly restrained in style, taste, manner, etc.; simple, plain, or austere. 1
- adjective severest 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 severest difficult to endure, perform, fulfill, etc.: a severe test of his powers. 1
- adjective severest rigidly exact, accurate, or methodical: severe standards. 1