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severe
adjective as in uncompromising, stern
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ascetic, astringent, austere, biting, caustic, close, cold, cruel, cutting, despotic, disapproving, dour, earnest, firm, flinty, forbidding, grave, grim, hard, hard-nosed, inconsiderate, inexorable, inflexible, iron-handed, obdurate, oppressive, peremptory, pitiless, resolute, resolved, rigid, rigorous, satirical, scathing, sober, stern, stiff, strait-laced, tight-lipped, tyrannical, unalterable, unbending, unchanging, unfeeling, unrelenting, unsmiling, unsparing
adjective as in harsh; extreme
Strongest matches
acute, bitter, dangerous, drastic, extreme, fierce, heavy, intense, punishing, serious, sharp, tough, violent
Weak matches
arduous, bleak, consequential, critical, demanding, distressing, domineering, effortful, exacting, forbidding, grave, grim, grinding, hard, hefty, implacable, inclement, intemperate, mordant, oppressive, overbearing, pitiless, rugged, strenuous, taxing, toilsome, unpleasant, unrelenting, weighty, wicked
Example Sentences
“A severe blow to Logic” is how a character describes the death of a philosophy professor in Stoppard’s 1972 play “Jumpers.”
The researchers found that infants who suffer severe RSV infections in their first months of life are more likely to develop immune responses that overreact to common allergens, including house dust mites.
But there are no details about how to begin to generate growth and stability, just as the UN's trade agency warns that the strip is going through the most severe economic crisis ever recorded.
And the speeds won’t be nearly as severe as January’s winds, which reached 100 mph in some places, feeding two major fires on opposite sides of the county.
AMD is one of the leading causes of severe vision impairment in older adults, with no cure and limited treatment options once vision has significantly declined.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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