Definition of severe

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Severe (superl.) Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test..

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Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Severe or stinging; incisive.
Gird :: Gird (n.) A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
Free :: Free (superl.) Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells..
Severe :: Severe (superl.) 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..
Trounce :: Trounce (v. t.) To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.
Trying :: Trying (a.) Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position..
Vituperable :: Vituperable (a.) Liable to, or deserving, vituperation, or severe censure..
Retort :: Retort (v. i.) To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.
Austerity :: Austerity (n.) Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.
Stound :: Stound (n.) A sudden, severe pain or grief; peril; alarm..
Continue :: Continue (v. i.) To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere; to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a particular condition, course, or series of actions; as, the army continued to advance..
Austerely :: Austerely (adv.) Severely; rigidly; sternly.
Scourge :: Scourge (n.) To whip severely; to lash.
Ascetic :: Ascetic (a.) Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.
Lambaste :: Lambaste (v. t.) To beat severely.
Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day..
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms..
Dure :: Dure (a.) Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome.
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
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..
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