Definition of severe

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Severe (superl.) Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment..

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Furnace :: Furnace (n.) A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline..
Reprimand :: Reprimand (n.) To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.
Work :: Work (n.) To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea..
Moderate :: Moderate (v. i.) To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated..
Cutting :: Cutting (a.) Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply..
Severe :: Severe (superl.) Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment..
Satire :: Satire (a.) A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal..
Crucible :: Crucible (n.) A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction..
Scleragogy :: Scleragogy (n.) Severe discipline.
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Severe or stinging; incisive.
Urge :: Urge (v. t.) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat..
Scourger :: Scourger (n.) One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely.
Mauling :: Mauling (n.) A severe beating with a stick, cudgel, or the fist..
Trenchant :: Trenchant (v. t.) Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit..
Aggravate :: Aggravate (v. t.) To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify..
Morose :: Morose (a.) Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.
Satirical :: Satirical (a.) Censorious; severe in language; sarcastic; insulting.
Scowl :: Scowl (v. i.) To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry..
Relax :: Relax (n.) To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors..
Scourge :: Scourge (n.) To harass or afflict severely.
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