Definition of severe

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

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Exagitate :: Exagitate (v. t.) To satirize; to censure severely.
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..
Light :: Light (superl.) Easy to be endured or performed; not severe; not difficult; as, a light affliction or task..
Terrible :: Terrible (a.) Excessive; extreme; severe.
Breme :: Breme (a.) Fierce; sharp; severe; cruel.
Harsh :: Harsh (a.) Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.
Frozen :: Frozen (a.) Subject to frost, or to long and severe cold; chilly; as, the frozen north; the frozen zones..
Gird :: Gird (v. i.) To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
Depletion :: Depletion (n.) the act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation, as in severe diarrhea..
Satirical :: Satirical (a.) Censorious; severe in language; sarcastic; insulting.
Scourger :: Scourger (n.) One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely.
Exactor :: Exactor (n.) One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands..
Crucial :: Crucial (a.) Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive; as, a crucial test..
Tetany :: Tetany (n.) A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms..
Castigate :: Castigate (v. t.) To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely..
Reprimand :: Reprimand (n.) To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.
Grum :: Grum (a.) Morose; severe of countenance; sour; surly; glum; grim.
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..
Denunciatory :: Denunciatory (a.) Characterized by or containing a denunciation; minatory; accusing; threatening; as, severe and denunciatory language..
Austere :: Austere () Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life..
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