- harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.
- serious or stern in manner or appearance: a severe face.
- threatening a seriously bad outcome or involving serious issues; grave: a severe illness.
- rigidly restrained in style, taste, manner, etc.; simple, plain, or austere.
- causing discomfort or distress by extreme character or conditions, as weather, cold, or heat; unpleasantly violent, as rain or wind, or a blow or shock.
- difficult to endure, perform, fulfill, etc.: a severe test of his powers.
- rigidly exact, accurate, or methodical: severe standards.
- rigorous or harsh in the treatment of others; strict
- serious in appearance or manner; stern
- critical or dangerous
- causing misery or discomfort by its harshness
- strictly restrained in appearance; austere
- hard to endure, perform, or accomplish
- rigidly precise or exact
