severe

UK /sɪˈvɪə/ US /sɪˈvɪɹ/
adj 3name 1

Definitions

adj

1

Very bad or intense.

In the severer cases of hookworm the patient sometimes has an appetite for soil, paper, hair, clay, chalk, starch, and other unpalatables.

Parkinsonism, at its severest, presents itself as an akinetic amimia (as opposed to certain cortical disorders which are amimic akinesias).

2

Strict or harsh.

a severe taskmaster

3

Sober, plain in appearance, austere.

a severe old maiden aunt

severe clothing

name

1

A surname.

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