English Explanatory Dictionary

severe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Very bad or intense.
  2. Strict or harsh.
  3. Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/sɪˈvɪə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-severe.wav /sɪˈvɪɹ/ en-us-severe.ogg /sɪˈviːɹ/ /-vɪɹ/

Word forms

severe severer more severe severest most severe Severes

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin severus (“severe, serious, grave in demeanor”).

Synonyms

extreme intense brutal hard heartless heavy rigorous serious callous cold cold-eyed cruel dour flint-hearted forbidding frosty grim hard-boiled hardened hardhearted harsh humorless icy iron-hearted insensate insensitive marble-hearted rockhearted severe stern stonehearted stony stonyhearted strict tough unsympathetic unmoved modest simple austere bare chaste inornate plain quiet spartan unadorned unembellished unextravagant unornamented undecked ungarnished untrimmed unvarnished

Antonyms

mild minor lenient

Derived words

nonsevere oversevere semisevere severe acute respiratory syndrome severe clear severe combined immunodeficiency severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome severe gale severely severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy severeness severe tea severity supersevere ultrasevere unsevere
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