severe

Definition

Examples

Severe weather forced the airport to close for several hours.

Word Family

Synonyms

• harshunpleasantly stern
• intensepossessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
• acutea mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

Collocations

• Easy severe storm warning
  describing severe storm warning (intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality)
• Medium experience severe supply chain disruptions
  to experience severe supply chain disruptions, meaning to go or live through
• Hard impose severe penal sanctions on corporate fraud
  to impose severe penal sanctions on corporate fraud, meaning to compel to behave in a certain way
• Very Hard weather severe economic austerity with stoic fortitude
  to weather severe economic austerity with stoic fortitude, meaning to face and withstand with courage