Synonyms:
severe, terrible, wicked
Meaning: intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough"
Synonyms:
hard, knockout, severe
Meaning: very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"
Synonyms:
austere, severe, stark, stern
Meaning: severely simple; "a stark interior"
Synonyms:
severe, spartan
Meaning: unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing"
Synonyms:
dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening
Meaning: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"
Usage examples
Mrs. Ruggles looked severe.
We have had such a severe winter.
"But I am too severe," she thought to herself.
He looked at me with a cold, severe expression.
But suddenly his mode of treatment changed; he became very severe.
Human power could not, however, much longer endure so severe a trial.
A severe pain also arose in his belly, and began in a most violent manner.
Pope Leo the Great solemnly adjudged it a sin worthy of severe punishment.
The fits varied too, in violence: some were light and some were very severe.
We had some quiet plays which we alternated with the more severe and warlike ones.