severe
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3.5
- adjective
- /sɪˈvɪr/
- Due to the severe drought, the region faced critical water shortages and crop failures.
- severe illness
- severe infection
- severe disease
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Watch on YouTubeSo I had me and a child having these severe reactions.
- So I had me and a child having these severe reactions.
- We've had very few severe side effect reports, right?
- And finally, airlines have been experiencing a severe shortage of pilots.
- You have a very severe TBI traumatic brain injury.
- And might it be more severe than we've thought up to now?
- That's things like fever or severe fatigue after the injection.
- He started having some pretty severe problems with depression.
- And typically the gap penalty is more severe than your average mismatch.
- You'll probably still get much less severe disease if you've been vaccinated.
- That is, how severe a catastrophe was this?
- And, and that took the form of a pretty severe mental breakdown.
- However, the symptoms can be anything from nothing to severe fatigue and swollen glands.
- He's just been discharged at the Army with severe CPTSD.
- And it turns out it was, it was just a severe, severe panic anxiety attack.
Examples
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It's a severe allergic reaction.
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Severe flooding is expected to cause loss of life.
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Yes, this looks very severe indeed.
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This is a very severe, very real pandemic.
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But severe disease can have a more severe impact upon your fertility.
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The penalty could be severe.
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When the pressures are great and the damage is severe, the result can be cultural conflict.
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Lending and economic growth would decline, dealing a severe blow to an already fragile economic system.
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He is said to be suffering from severe post-traumatic stress.
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Unfortunately, the client had developed a severe phobia of flying, resulting in debilitating anxiety attacks.
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Synonyms
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1.0
Very bad or unpleasant and often serious
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2.0
Important and needing careful thought because it can have large effects
∞
1.0
Very concentrated in taste or effect
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3.7
A very strong feeling or quality you feel deeply
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5.1
Causing very great damage or sadness
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4.2
Very serious and needing careful attention
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6.9
Very serious, frightening, and needing action quickly
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5.1
Causing a very big or serious change
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2.9
Very severe and demanding, making life or work difficult, for example very bad weather
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5.0
Very serious and needing immediate attention
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7.9
Causing great pain or sorrow
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.3
A serious breathing disease causing fever, cough and trouble breathing that can lead to death
- Specialized
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8.4
A rare inherited illness that makes the body's defence against infections very weak
- Specialized
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8.0
A rare condition passed from parents that makes babies unable to fight infections and often deadly without treatment
How Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Severe comes from the Latin severus, which meant 'serious' or 'strict'. So a severe injury or storm is something very serious and powerful that can cause great harm.