severe

Definition for severe

adjective as in uncompromising, stern

Strongest matches

harsh, relentless, serious, strict, stringent

Weak matches

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

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Since Tuesday, 17 children had arrived at the emergency room showing signs of malnutrition and an elderly man had died due to severe dehydration, he added.

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Transport for Wales said 13% of its services had been disrupted due to severe weather.

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Being able to reconstruct a tropical cyclone's wind field provides valuable data that experts can use to determine how severe the storm will be.

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Lai is one of the most influential pro-democracy figures in the city, which has come under an increasingly severe crackdown from Beijing.

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"This emphasizes the need for a therapy that can treat more severe infection," he said.

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