All severe synonyms
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S s adjective severe
- bad β If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
- anaesthetized β anesthetize.
- exact β Not approximated in any way; precise.
- ascetic β An ascetic person has a way of life that is simple and strict, usually because of their religious beliefs.
- feelingless β Without feeling, without emotion, unemotional.
- culpatory β expressing blame
- exigent β Pressing ; demanding.
- exacting β Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources.
- extortionate β (of a price) much too high; exorbitant.
- fierce β menacingly wild, savage, or hostile: fierce animals; a fierce look.
- bare β If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
- intense β existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
- effortful β marked by effort or exertion; labored.
- anaesthetised β anesthetize.
- crushing β A crushing defeat, burden, or disappointment is a very great or severe one.
- exceptive β Exceptional, having an exception.
- mortal β subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
adj severe
- barebones β Alternative form of bare-bones.
- depressive β Depressive means relating to depression or to being depressed.
- dog eat dog β marked by destructive or ruthless competition; without self-restraint, ethics, etc.: It's a dog-eat-dog industry.
- iced β of or made of ice: ice shavings; an ice sculpture.
- difficult β not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- bald β Someone who is bald has little or no hair on the top of their head.
- inhumane β not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- brumal β of, characteristic of, or relating to winter; wintry
- authoritarian β If you describe a person or an organization as authoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves.
- lowborn β of humble birth.
- grim β stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- in-humane β not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- mordacious β biting or given to biting.
- cold β Something that is cold has a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable.
- double-edged β having two cutting edges, as a razor blade.
- freethinking β a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- bearish β On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- mortiferous β deadly; fatal.
- nasty β physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
- incisive β penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant: an incisive tone of voice.
- locked in β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- heavy-handed β oppressive; harsh: a heavy-handed master.
- do or die β reflecting or characterized by an irrevocable decision to succeed at all costs; desperate; all-out: a do-or-die attempt to halt the invaders.
- long-faced β having an unhappy or gloomy expression; glum.
- austere β If you describe something as austere, you approve of its plain and simple appearance.
- stringent β rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe: stringent laws.
- go for broke β a simple past tense of break.
- hardcore β unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- terrible β distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- abscessed β a localized collection of pus in the tissues of the body, often accompanied by swelling and inflammation and frequently caused by bacteria.
- blistering β Blistering heat is very great heat.
- iron-fisted β ruthless, harsh, and tyrannical: an ironfisted dictator.
verb severe
- intensate β (transitive) To intensify.