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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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 stern stresses inflexibility and inexorability of temper or character
SEVERE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary SEVERE definition: 1 causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc ; very serious: 2 extreme or very… Learn more
SEVERE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com serious or stern in manner or appearance a severe face threatening a seriously bad outcome or involving serious issues; grave a severe illness rigidly restrained in style, taste, manner, etc ; simple, plain, or austere
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SEVERE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary You use severe to indicate that something bad or undesirable is great or intense
Severe - definition of severe by The Free Dictionary severe - very bad in degree or extent; "a severe worldwide depression"; "the house suffered severe damage"
SEVERE Synonyms: 375 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
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Severe Definition Meaning - YourDictionary Severe definition: Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others