Antonyms for severe


Grammar : Adj
Spell : suh-veer
Phonetic Transcription : səˈvɪər


Definition of severe

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Middle French severe (12c., Modern French sévère) or directly from Latin severus "serious, grave, strict, austere" (see severity). From 1660s with reference to styles or tastes; from 1725 of diseases.
  • adj uncompromising, stern
  • adj difficult, harsh
Example sentences :
  • The blow was a bit too severe and the Egyptian fell down dead.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • Had I been subject only to his examination, my ordeal would not have been severe.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Well, indeed, might my mother say, that I should have severe trials.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • In severe obedience to orders, therefore, he did not even now call.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • She had held her inclinations in check with severe judgment.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • "I do not understand, Rico," he said, with a severe glance at the boy.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • But Nelly is coming bravely through a severe test of character.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Perhaps these strange symptoms were a sign that she was about to have a severe illness.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • The losses sustained by the Brigade were indisputably most severe.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • But my punishment was the same—a severe chill which made me very ill.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson

Synonyms for severe

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