Definition of severe

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Severe (superl.) Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful..

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Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.
Cutting :: Cutting (a.) Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply..
Frozen :: Frozen (a.) Subject to frost, or to long and severe cold; chilly; as, the frozen north; the frozen zones..
Tough :: Tough (superl.) Severe; violent; as, a tough storm..
Austere :: Austere () Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life..
Lenient :: Lenient (a.) Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence..
Reproach :: Reproach (v.) The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach..
Austerity :: Austerity (n.) Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.
Upbraid :: Upbraid (v. t.) To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
Torvous :: Torvous (a.) Sour of aspect; of a severe countenance; stern; grim.
Ordeal :: Ordeal (n.) Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience..
Quip :: Quip (n.) A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe..
Shave :: Shave (v. i.) To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat..
Shock :: Shock (n.) A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like..
Overrigid :: Overrigid (a.) Too rigid; too severe.
Severed :: Severed (imp. &. p. p.) of Seve.
Gird :: Gird (n.) A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
Severable :: Severable (a.) Capable of being severed.
Gril :: Gril (a.) Harsh; hard; severe; stern; rough.
Torture :: Torture (n.) Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel..
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