severe
English Thesaurus
1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm (adj.all)
| similar | : | critical, |
| definition | : | being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency (adj.all) |
2. very bad in degree or extent (adj.all)
| similar | : | bad, |
| definition | : | having undesirable or negative qualities (adj.all) |
3. unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment (adj.all)
| similar | : | nonindulgent, strict, |
| definition | : | characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint (adj.all) |
4. intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality (adj.all)
| similar | : | intense, |
| definition | : | possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree (adj.all) |
5. severely simple (adj.all)
| similar | : | plain, |
| definition | : | not elaborate or elaborated; simple (adj.all) |
6. very strong or vigorous (adj.all)
| similar | : | strong, |
| definition | : | having strength or power greater than average or expected (adj.all) |
7. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm (adj.all)
| derivation | : | dangerousness, |
| definition | : | the quality of not being safe (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | badness, severeness, severity, |
| definition | : | used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather (noun.attribute) |
8. very bad in degree or extent (adj.all)
| derivation | : | badness, severeness, severity, |
| definition | : | used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather (noun.attribute) |
9. unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment (adj.all)
| derivation | : | hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness, |
| definition | : | excessive sternness (noun.attribute) |
10. intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality (adj.all)
| derivation | : | badness, severeness, severity, |
| definition | : | used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather (noun.attribute) |
11. severely simple (adj.all)
| derivation | : | bareness, starkness, |
| definition | : | an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | sternness, |
| definition | : | the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding (noun.attribute) |
12. very strong or vigorous (adj.all)
| derivation | : | badness, severeness, severity, |
| definition | : | used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather (noun.attribute) |
13. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm (adj.all)
| derivation | : | dangerousness, |
| definition | : | the quality of not being safe (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | badness, severeness, severity, |
| definition | : | used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather (noun.attribute) |
14. very bad in degree or extent (adj.all)
| derivation | : | badness, severeness, severity, |
| definition | : | used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather (noun.attribute) |
15. unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment (adj.all)
| derivation | : | hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness, |
| definition | : | excessive sternness (noun.attribute) |
16. intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality (adj.all)
| derivation | : | badness, severeness, severity, |
| definition | : | used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather (noun.attribute) |
17. severely simple (adj.all)
| derivation | : | bareness, starkness, |
| definition | : | an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | sternness, |
| definition | : | the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding (noun.attribute) |
18. very strong or vigorous (adj.all)
| derivation | : | badness, severeness, severity, |
| definition | : | used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather (noun.attribute) |
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