Definitions for severe

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severe se·vere

Spelling: [suh-veer]

IPA: /səˈvɪər/

Severe is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in severe (eeersv).

Definitions for severe

adjective

1. harsh; unnecessarily extreme:
2. serious or stern in manner or appearance:
3. grave; critical:
4. rigidly restrained in style, taste, manner, etc.; simple, plain, or austere.
5. causing discomfort or distress by extreme character or conditions, as weather, cold, or heat; unpleasantly violent, as rain or wind, or a blow or shock.
6. difficult to endure, perform, fulfill, etc.:
7. rigidly exact, accurate, or methodical:

Origin of severe

1540-50; Latin sevērus, or back formation from severity

Examples for severe

“That was the longest, most severe S/M session I have experienced in my thirty-four-year tenure,” she writes in the book.

Had I been subject only to his examination, my ordeal would not have been severe.

And while such a severe punishment is questioned every few years, it works.

And that realization comes at the cost of severe, public embarrassment for many, including the victim/proposed.

This concern ceased after the Spanish warned of severe punitive measures on the family members of suicides.

She had held her inclinations in check with severe judgment.

In severe obedience to orders, therefore, he did not even now call.

Well, indeed, might my mother say, that I should have severe trials.

The blow was a bit too severe and the Egyptian fell down dead.

The new term denotes a spectrum of problem drinking that can range from mild to moderate to severe.