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Synonyms for severe:


adj. uncompromising, stern

harsh
relentless
serious
strict
stringent
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

adj. harsh; extreme

acute
bitter
dangerous
drastic
extreme
fierce
heavy
intense
punishing
serious
sharp
tough
violent
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

Examples of uses:

I think there's going to be a severe frost, Franz. That's what I think, a really severe frost.
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But we found a passenger with severe burns, severe cellular damage.
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He sustained a severe blow to the head, which has caused severe edema in his parietal lobe.
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I'd say severe turbulence, definitely severe turbulence.
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I'll admit that my wife is severe with me, But I am also severe with her.
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This is some severe frostbite on the feet, severe frostbite on the nose.
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It's been a severe disease for thousands of years.
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I expect to be given names, and there will be severe, severe consequences.
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In this severe cold, we cannot survive much longer.
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He's really a darling, though he looks severe, so just speak up.
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