severe

severe
  • tính từ
    • khắc khe, gay gắt (trong thái độ, cách cư xử)
    • rất xấu, rất mãnh liệt, rất gay go, khốc liệt, dữ dội
    • đòi hỏi kỹ năng, đòi hỏi khả năng rất cao, đòi hỏi tính kiên nhẫn
    • giản dị, mộc mạc; không trang điểm (về kiểu cách, dung nhan, cách trang phục )

Xem thêm: terrible, wicked, hard, knockout, austere, stark, stern, spartan, dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, life-threatening



severe

Từ điển Collocation

severe adj.

VERBS be, seem, sound | become | remain

ADV. especially, exceptionally, extremely, particularly, really, unusually, very an exceptionally severe frost | increasingly | fairly, moderately, quite, relatively women affected by mild to moderately severe symptoms | enough, sufficiently Cases of plant poisoning severe enough to warrant hospital admission are rare.


Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; terrible, wicked

    severe pain

    a severe case of flu

    a terrible cough

    under wicked fire from the enemy's guns

    a wicked cough

  • very strong or vigorous; hard, knockout

    strong winds

    a hard left to the chin

    a knockout punch

    a severe blow

  • severely simple; austere, stark, stern

    a stark interior

  • unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; spartan

    a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien

    a strict disciplinarian

    a Spartan upbringing

  • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, life-threatening

    a dangerous operation

    a grave situation

    a grave illness

    grievous bodily harm

    a serious wound

    a serious turn of events

    a severe case of pneumonia

    a life-threatening disease

  • very bad in degree or extent

    a severe worldwide depression

    the house suffered severe damage


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

severer|severest
syn.: austere harsh rough stern strict stringent

ant.: lenient