severe 音标拼音: [səv'ɪr]
a . 严格的,凶猛的,严肃的,严重的,严厉的,朴素的
严格的,凶猛的,严肃的,严重的,严厉的,朴素的
severe 严苛 严重
severe adj 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
severe }, {
terrible },
{
wicked }]
2 :
very strong or vigorous ; "
strong winds "; "
a hard left to the chin "; "
a knockout punch "; "
a severe blow " [
synonym : {
hard },
{
knockout }, {
severe }]
3 :
severely simple ; "
a stark interior " [
synonym : {
austere },
{
severe }, {
stark }, {
stern }]
4 :
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 " [
synonym : {
severe },
{
spartan }]
5 :
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 " [
synonym : {
dangerous }, {
grave }, {
grievous }, {
serious },
{
severe }, {
life -
threatening }]
6 :
very bad in degree or extent ; "
a severe worldwide depression "; "
the house suffered severe damage "
Severe \
Se *
vere "\,
a . [
Compar . {
Severer };
superl . {
Severest }.]
[
L .
severus ;
perhaps akin to Gr . ???
awe , ???
revered ,
holy ,
solemn ,
Goth .
swikns innocent ,
chaste :
cf .
F .
s ['
e ]
v [`
e ]
re .
Cf . {
Asseverate }, {
Persevere }.]
1 .
Serious in feeling or manner ;
sedate ;
grave ;
austere ;
not light ,
lively ,
or cheerful .
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1913 Webster ]
Your looks alter ,
as your subject does ,
From kind to fierce ,
from wanton to severe .
--
Waller .
[
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2 .
Very strict in judgment ,
discipline ,
or government ;
harsh ;
not mild or indulgent ;
rigorous ;
as ,
severe criticism ;
severe punishment . "
Custody severe ." --
Milton .
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Come !
you are too severe a moraler . --
Shak .
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Let your zeal ,
if it must be expressed in anger ,
be always more severe against thyself than against others . --
Jer .
Taylor .
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3 .
Rigidly methodical ,
or adherent to rule or principle ;
exactly conformed to a standard ;
not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament ,
amplification ,
etc .;
strict ; --
said of style ,
argument ,
etc . "
Restrained by reason and severe principles ." --
Jer .
Taylor .
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The Latin ,
a most severe and compendious language .
--
Dryden .
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4 .
Sharp ;
afflictive ;
distressing ;
violent ;
extreme ;
as ,
severe pain ,
anguish ,
fortune ;
severe cold .
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5 .
Difficult to be endured ;
exact ;
critical ;
rigorous ;
as ,
a severe test .
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Syn :
Strict ;
grave ;
austere ;
stern ;
morose ;
rigid ;
exact ;
rigorous ;
hard ;
rough ;
harsh ;
censorious ;
tart ;
acrimonious ;
sarcastic ;
satirical ;
cutting ;
biting ;
keen ;
bitter ;
cruel .
See {
Strict }.
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Se *
vere "
ly },
adv . -- {
Se *
vere "
ness },
n .
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1913 Webster ]
384 Moby Thesaurus words for "
severe ":
Draconian ,
Herculean ,
Siberian ,
Spartan ,
Spartanic ,
abrupt ,
absolute ,
absolutist ,
absolutistic ,
abstruse ,
acerbic ,
acid ,
acidulous ,
acrid ,
acrimonious ,
acute ,
afflictive ,
aggressive ,
agonizing ,
algid ,
aloof ,
arbitrary ,
arctic ,
arduous ,
aristocratic ,
arrogant ,
ascetic ,
asperous ,
astringent ,
atrocious ,
austere ,
authoritarian ,
authoritative ,
autocratic ,
awful ,
badly ,
bald ,
bare ,
basic ,
bearish ,
beastly ,
below zero ,
biting ,
bitter ,
bitterly cold ,
bleak ,
blistering ,
bluff ,
blunt ,
blustering ,
blustery ,
boreal ,
bossy ,
brash ,
brisk ,
brumal ,
brusque ,
brutal ,
burdensome ,
candid ,
caustic ,
cavalier ,
chaste ,
churlish ,
close ,
cold ,
cold as charity ,
cold as death ,
cold as ice ,
cold as marble ,
common ,
commonplace ,
complex ,
constant ,
cramping ,
crimpy ,
crisp ,
critical ,
crude ,
cruel ,
crusty ,
curt ,
cutting ,
dangerous ,
delicate ,
demanding ,
despotic ,
dictatorial ,
difficile ,
difficult ,
dire ,
direct ,
disagreeable ,
disciplined ,
distressing ,
domineering ,
double -
edged ,
dour ,
drastic ,
dreadful ,
dry ,
dull ,
edged ,
effortful ,
elementary ,
escharotic ,
essential ,
even ,
exact ,
exacting ,
excessive ,
excruciating ,
exigent ,
exorbitant ,
express ,
extravagant ,
extreme ,
faithful ,
fastidious ,
fatal ,
feudal ,
fierce ,
fine ,
flinty ,
forbidding ,
formidable ,
frank ,
freezing ,
freezing cold ,
frigid ,
fundamental ,
furious ,
gelid ,
glacial ,
glowering ,
gnawing ,
grave ,
gravely ,
great ,
grievous ,
grim ,
grinding ,
griping ,
gruff ,
hairy ,
hard ,
hard -
earned ,
hard -
fought ,
hardly ,
harrowing ,
harsh ,
harshly ,
heavy ,
heavy -
handed ,
hibernal ,
hiemal ,
high -
handed ,
homely ,
homespun ,
homogeneous ,
hostile ,
hurtful ,
hurting ,
hyperborean ,
ice -
cold ,
ice -
encrusted ,
icelike ,
icy ,
immoderate ,
imperative ,
imperial ,
imperious ,
incisive ,
inclement ,
indivisible ,
inerrable ,
inerrant ,
inexorable ,
infallible ,
inflexible ,
inhospitable ,
inhuman ,
inornate ,
intemperate ,
intense ,
intensely ,
intricate ,
iron -
willed ,
irreducible ,
irritating ,
jawbreaking ,
keen ,
knotted ,
knotty ,
laborious ,
lean ,
lordly ,
magisterial ,
magistral ,
markedly ,
masterful ,
mathematical ,
matter -
of -
fact ,
mean ,
merciless ,
mere ,
meticulous ,
micrometrically precise ,
microscopic ,
modest ,
monastic ,
monocratic ,
monolithic ,
mordacious ,
mordant ,
mortal ,
mortified ,
natural ,
neat ,
nice ,
nipping ,
nippy ,
no picnic ,
nose -
tickling ,
not easy ,
numbing ,
obdurate ,
of a piece ,
onerous ,
open ,
operose ,
oppressive ,
outrageous ,
overbearing ,
overruling ,
painful ,
painfully ,
painstaking ,
paroxysmal ,
penetrating ,
peremptory ,
piercing ,
pinching ,
pinpoint ,
piquant ,
pitiless ,
plain ,
plain -
speaking ,
plain -
spoken ,
poignant ,
precise ,
primal ,
primary ,
primitive ,
prosaic ,
prosing ,
prosy ,
pungent ,
punishing ,
punitive ,
pure ,
pure and simple ,
racking ,
raw ,
refined ,
relentless ,
religious ,
religiously exact ,
repressive ,
restrictive ,
rigid ,
rigorous ,
rigorously ,
rough ,
roughly ,
rugged ,
rustic ,
ruthless ,
savage ,
scathing ,
scientific ,
scientifically exact ,
self -
disciplined ,
serious ,
set with thorns ,
severe ,
severely ,
sharp ,
shooting ,
short ,
simon -
pure ,
simple ,
simple -
speaking ,
single ,
sleety ,
slushy ,
smart ,
snappy ,
snippy ,
sober ,
sore ,
sour ,
spare ,
sparse ,
spasmatic ,
spasmic ,
spasmodic ,
spiny ,
splitting ,
square ,
stabbing ,
stark ,
steep ,
stern ,
stiff ,
stinging ,
stone -
cold ,
stony ,
stormy ,
straightforward ,
strait -
laced ,
strenuous ,
strict ,
strident ,
stringent ,
subtle ,
subzero ,
supercooled ,
suppressive ,
surly ,
tart ,
taxing ,
terminal ,
thorny ,
ticklish ,
toilsome ,
tormenting ,
torturous ,
tough ,
trenchant ,
tricky ,
truculent ,
turbulent ,
tyrannical ,
tyrannous ,
unadorned ,
unaffected ,
unbending ,
uncluttered ,
uncompromising ,
unconscionable ,
undecorated ,
undeviating ,
undifferenced ,
undifferentiated ,
unelaborate ,
unembellished ,
unerring ,
unfancy ,
unfeeling ,
unfussy ,
ungentle ,
uniform ,
unimaginative ,
unornate ,
unpleasant ,
unpoetical ,
unsmiling ,
unsparing ,
unsympathetic ,
unvarnished ,
unyielding ,
uphill ,
vehement ,
venomous ,
violent ,
virulent ,
vitriolic ,
weighty ,
wicked ,
winterbound ,
winterlike ,
wintery ,
wintry
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SEVERE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster severe, stern, austere, ascetic mean given to or marked by strict discipline and firm restraint severe implies standards enforced without indulgence or laxity and may suggest harshness
SEVERE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary severe adjective (VERY SERIOUS) Add to word list causing great pain, difficulty, damage, etc ; very serious: a severe earthquake
SEVERE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Severe definition: harsh; unnecessarily extreme See examples of SEVERE used in a sentence
Severe - definition of severe by The Free Dictionary 1 harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism 2 serious or stern in manner or appearance 3 grave; critical: a severe illness 4 rigidly restrained in style, taste, etc ; plain; austere
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SEVERE - Definition Translations | Collins English Dictionary Discover everything about the word "SEVERE" in English: meanings, translations, synonyms, pronunciations, examples, and grammar insights - all in one comprehensive guide
Severe - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com The common usage is to describe tough or painful stuff, like icy snowstorms, merciless punishments, or grim conditions (e g , a severe depression) If things are severe, they're serious
severe - WordReference. com Dictionary of English simple, plain, or austere causing discomfort or distress by extreme character or conditions, as weather, cold, or heat; unpleasantly violent, as rain or wind, or a blow or shock difficult to endure, perform, fulfill, etc : a severe test of his powers rigidly exact, accurate, or methodical: severe standards
SEVERE Synonyms: 374 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Some common synonyms of severe are ascetic, austere, and stern While all these words mean "given to or marked by strict discipline and firm restraint," severe implies standards enforced without indulgence or laxity and may suggest harshness
SEVERE | meaning - Cambridge Learners Dictionary SEVERE definition: 1 extremely bad: 2 not kind or gentle: 3 A severe person looks unfriendly or very strict Learn more