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severe

English

  1. 🔊 very bad in degree or extent
    “a severe worldwide depression”
  2. 🔊 unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
    “a parent severe to the pitch of hostility”
  3. 🔊 intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
    “severe pain”
  4. 🔊 severely simple
    “a stark interior”
  5. 🔊 very strong or vigorous
    “strong winds”
  6. 🔊 causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
    “a dangerous operation”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 severo severe

Similar words

dangerous grave grievous serious life-threatening spartan terrible wicked austere stark stern hard knockout draconian herculean siberian spartan spartanic abrupt absolute absolutist absolutistic abstruse acerbic