severe

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ /sษชหˆvษชr/ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง /sษชหˆvษชษ™(r)/
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Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B2
adjective
B2

very bad or serious

The severe storm caused major damage to homes.

B2

very strict punishment

The judge gave a severe penalty for the crime.

R

not friendly or kind

Her severe expression made people nervous.

R

very difficult or challenging

The severe test required all their strength.

R

very plain with no decoration

He wore a severe black suit to the meeting.

translation

adj. very bad or serious; very strict punishment; not friendly or kind; very difficult or challenging; very plain with no decoration

Word Forms

Comparative severer
Superlative severest

Synonyms

searing adj. ็ผ็ƒญ็š„, ๅฐ–้”็š„ gruff adj. ็ฒ—ๅ“‘, ็ฒ—ๆšด fierce adj. ๅ‡ถ็Œ›็š„, ๆฟ€็ƒˆ็š„ stern adj. ไธฅๅŽ‰็š„, ไธฅๅณป็š„ solemn adj. ไธฅ่‚ƒ็š„, ้ƒ‘้‡็š„, ๅบ„ไธฅ่ฟ›่กŒ็š„ serious adj. ไธฅ้‡็š„, ่ฎค็œŸ็š„, ็œŸ่ฏš็š„, ้œ€่ฆ่ฎค็œŸๆ€่€ƒ็š„, ้‡่ฆ็š„, ๅคง้‡็š„ strict adj. ไธฅๆ ผ้ตๅฎˆ, ่ฆๆฑ‚ๅฎˆ่ง„, ไธฅๅฎˆ่ง„ๅˆ™, ็ฒพ็กฎๆธ…ๆ™ฐ tough adj. ่‰ฐ้šพ็š„, ไธฅๅŽ‰็š„, ๆ„ๅฟ—ๅšๅผบ็š„, ๅผบๆ‚็š„, ็Šฏ็ฝช็Œ–็—็š„, ้šพๅšผ็š„, ๅšๅ›บ็š„, ๅฏน...ไธๅ…ฌๅนณ็š„ difficult adj. ๅ›ฐ้šพ, ้บป็ƒฆ, ้šพ็ผ  harsh adj. ไธฅๅŽ‰็š„, ๆถๅŠฃ็š„, ๅˆบ็œผ็š„, ๅˆบ่€ณ็š„, ็ฒ—็ณ™็š„ challenging adj. ๆŒ‘ๆˆ˜ๆ€ง, ๆŒ‘่ก…ๆ€ง

Antonyms

flippant adj. ่ฝป็Ž‡็š„ humorous adj. ๅนฝ้ป˜็š„ benign adj. ๅ–„่‰ฏๆธฉๅ’Œ็š„, ๆ— ๅฎณ็š„, ้ž็™Œๆ€ง็š„ gentle adj. ๆธฉๅ’Œ็š„, ่ฝปๆŸ”็š„, ๆŸ”ๅ’Œ็š„, ๅนณ็ผ“็š„ playful adj. ๆดปๆณผ, ่ฏ™่ฐ tolerant adj. ๅฎฝๅฎน็š„, ่€ๅ—็š„ soft adj. ๆŸ”่ฝฏ็š„, ไธๅš็กฌ็š„, ๅ…‰ๆป‘็š„, ๆ— ้”‹ๅˆฉ่พน็ผ˜็š„, ๆŸ”ๅ’Œ็š„, ๆธฉๅ’Œ็š„, ่ฝปๆŸ”็š„, ๅ–„่‰ฏ็š„, ๅฎฝๆพ็š„, ๆ„š่ ข็š„, ่ƒ†ๅฐ็š„, ่ฝปๆพ็š„, ่ฝฏๆฐด, ๆ— ้…’็ฒพ็š„, ่ฝฏ้Ÿณ็š„ simple adj. ็ฎ€ๅ•็š„, ๅŸบๆœฌ็š„, ็บฏ็ฒน็š„, ็ป“ๆž„็ฎ€ๅ•็š„, ๆ™ฎ้€š็š„, ่ฟŸ้’็š„, ็ฎ€ๅ•ๆ—ถๆ€ mild adj. ไธไธฅ้‡, ๆธฉๅ’Œ, ไธๆž็ซฏ, ไธๆต“็ƒˆ easy adj. ๅฎนๆ˜“็š„, ่ฝปๆพ็š„, ๆ˜“ๅ—ๆ”ปๅ‡ป็š„, ้šๅ’Œ็š„, ้šไพฟ็š„ light n. ๅ…‰, ็‰นๅฎš้ขœ่‰ฒ็š„ๅ…‰, ็ฏ, ็œผ็ฅž, ไบฎ้ƒจ, ็‚น็ซๅทฅๅ…ท, ้‡‡ๅ…‰ๅฃ

Similar Words

sever v. ๅˆ‡ๆ–ญ, ๆ–ญ็ป revere v. ๅด‡ๆ•ฌ sere adj. ๅนฒๆžฏ็š„, ่’่Šœไน‹ๅœฐ