Definition of severe

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

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Inclement :: Inclement (a.) Physically severe or harsh (generally restricted to the elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy; rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement weather..
Resipiscence :: Resipiscence (n.) Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance..
Illness :: Illness (n.) Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness..
Persevere :: Persevere (v. i.) To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken..
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction..
Disappropriate :: Disappropriate (a.) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation.
Severed :: Severed (imp. &. p. p.) of Seve.
Stern :: Stern (superl.) Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree..
Crucible :: Crucible (n.) A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction..
Gird :: Gird (v. i.) To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
Quip :: Quip (n.) A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe..
Stinger :: Stingbull (n.) The European greater weever fish (Trachinus draco), which is capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin. See Weever..
Severe :: Severe (superl.) Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment..
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke..
Parelectronomy :: Parelectronomy (n.) A condition of the muscles induced by exposure to severe cold, in which the electrical action of the muscle is reversed..
Grind :: Grind (n.) Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study..
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain..
Cholaemaa :: Cholaemaa (n.) A disease characterized by severe nervous symptoms, dependent upon the presence of the constituents of the bile in the blood..
Invective :: Invective (n.) An expression which inveighs or rails against a person; a severe or violent censure or reproach; something uttered or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another; a harsh or reproachful accusation; -- followed by against, having reference to the person or thing affected; as an invective against tyranny..
Austere :: Austere () Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
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