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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French, from Latin severus (“severe, serious, grave in demeanor”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
severe (comparative severer or more severe, superlative severest or most severe)
- Very bad or intense.
- 2012 January 1, Donald Worster, “A Drier and Hotter Future”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 1, page 70:
- Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.
- Strict or harsh.
- a severe taskmaster
- Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
- a severe old maiden aunt
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- severely (adverb)
- severity (noun)
- severeness (noun)
Translations[edit]
very bad or intense
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strict or harsh
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austere
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Further reading[edit]
- 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[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Adverb[edit]
severe
Related terms[edit]
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
severe
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
sēvēre
Adjective[edit]
sevēre
References[edit]
- severe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- severe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- severe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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