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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Retort :: Retort (v. t.) The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response..
Severance :: Severance (n.) The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. i.) To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow..
Censorious :: Censorious (a.) Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners..
Stark :: Stark (n.) Severe; violent; fierce.
Tornado :: Tornado (n.) A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone..
Gird :: Gird (n.) A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
Grind :: Grind (n.) Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study..
Torvous :: Torvous (a.) Sour of aspect; of a severe countenance; stern; grim.
Exagitate :: Exagitate (v. t.) To satirize; to censure severely.
Castigate :: Castigate (v. t.) To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely..
Trying :: Trying (a.) Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position..
Inclemency :: Inclemency (n.) Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow..
Severe :: Severe (superl.) Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold..
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..
Goad :: Goad (v. t.) To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate..
Injury :: Injury (a.) Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character..
Austerity :: Austerity (n.) Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.
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..
Vituperate :: Vituperate (v. t.) To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
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