Definition of severe

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Severe (superl.) Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold..

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Mitigation :: Mitigation (n.) The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty..
Dengue :: Dengue (n.) A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; -- called also breakbone fever. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal..
Gird :: Gird (n.) A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
Privation :: Privation (n.) The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations..
Severed :: Severed (imp. &. p. p.) of Seve.
Fire :: Fire (n.) Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
Reproach :: Reproach (v. t.) To attribute blame to; to allege something disgraceful against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid.
Tart :: Tart (v. t.) Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke..
Drill :: Drill (n.) Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar..
Morose :: Morose (a.) Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.
Worst :: Worst (n.) That which is most bad or evil; the most severe, pernicious, calamitous, or wicked state or degree..
Grind :: Grind (n.) Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study..
Blue :: Blue (superl.) Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws..
Scourge :: Scourge (n.) To harass or afflict severely.
Trying :: Trying (a.) Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position..
Reprimand :: Reprimand (n.) To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.
Task :: Task (v. t.) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
Gruff :: Gruff (superl.) Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh..
Censorious :: Censorious (a.) Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners..
Trenchantly :: Trenchantly (adv.) In a trenchant, or sharp, manner; sharply; severely..
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