severe

See also sévère

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sɪˈvɪə/

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Adjective

severe (comparative severer, superlative severest)

1. Very bad or intense.
2. Strict or harsh.

Synonyms

brutal extreme hard

harsh intense rigorous

serious

Antonyms

• (very bad or intense): mild
• (very bad or intense): minor
• (strict or harsh): lenient

Derived terms

• severely (adverb)
• severity (noun)
• severeness (noun)

Translations

very bad or intense

Danish: hård (da), stærk (da), voldsom (da) Finnish: ankara (fi), raju (fi), tuima (fi) Hungarian: komoly (hu), súlyos (hu)

Italian: rigido (it), duro (it) Japanese: 厳しい (ja) (kibishī) Polish: poważny (pl)

strict or harsh

Danish: streng (da) Esperanto: severa (eo) Finnish: ankara (fi), vaikea (fi) Hungarian: szigorú (hu) Italian: duro (it), severo (it), rigido (it)

Japanese: 厳しい (ja) (kibishī) Polish: srogi (pl) Russian: суровый (ru) (suróvyj) Spanish: severo (es) Volapük: sevärik (vo)

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Arabic: قاس (qá:si) Mandarin: 嚴重, 严重 (yánzhòng) Dutch: streng French: sévère German: streng Icelandic: strangur Indonesian: parah

Italian: severo Korean: 엄격한 (eomgyeokhan) Portuguese: severo Spanish: severo Swedish: sträng Telugu: తీవ్రమైన (teevramaina)

External links

• severe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• severe in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• severe at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• reeves

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Esperanto

Adverb

severe

1. severely

Related terms

• severa

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Italian

Adjective

severe f. pl.

1. feminine plural form of severo

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Latin

Adjective

sevēre

1. vocative masculine singular of sevērus