Severe Synonyms
Chaste , acute, arduous, siberian, aloof, ascetic, and austere are synonyms for severe; minor, negligible, gentle, and slight are antonyms of severe. On this page, you will find 180 another word for severe.
180 Another Word for Severe
1. acute
- Acute
- Agonizing
- Alarming
- Appalling
- Awful
- Critical
- Dangerous
- Dire
- Distressing
- Drastic
- Dreadful
- Excruciating
- Extreme
- Fierce
- Forceful
- Frightful
- Grave
- Grievous
- Intense
- Intolerable
- Life-threatening
- Parlous
- Peracute
- Perilous
- Powerful
- Profound
- Serious
- Shooting
- Sore
- Splitting
- Stabbing
- Strong
- Tempestuous
- Terrible
- Thumping
- Tumultuous
- Turbulent
- Unbearable
- Unendurable
- Very bad
- Violent
- Wild
- Worrying
- Pounding
2. very difficult
- Arduous
- Back-breaking
- Burdensome
- Demanding
- Exacting
- Formidable
- Gruelling
- Hard
- Heavy
- Onerous
- Punishing
- Rigorous
- Taxing
- Tough
- Uphill
- Very difficult
- Stiff
3. harsh
- Siberian
- Arctic
- Biting
- Bitter
- Bitterly cold
- Bleak
- Blistering
- Brutal
- Caustic
- Cold
- Cruel
- Cutting
- Devastating
- Draconian
- Excessive
- Extortionate
- Extreme
- Ferocious
- Fierce
- Freezing
- Hard
- Harsh
- Icy
- Implacable
- Inexorable
- Inflexible
- Inhuman
- Inordinate
- Iron-fisted
- Iron-handed
- Merciless
- Mordant
- Nasty
- Oppressive
- Outrageous
- Penal
- Pitiless
- Polar
- Punishing
- Punitive
- Relentless
- Repressive
- Rigid
- Rigorous
- Rough
- Ruthless
- Savage
- Scathing
- Scorching
- Searing
- Sharp
- Sky-high
- Smart
- Sound
- Stern
- Stiff
- Stinging
- Strict
- Stringent
- Strong
- Swingeing
- Trenchant
- Tyrannical
- Unbending
- Uncompromising
- Unreasonable
- Unrelenting
- Unsparing
- Unyielding
- Withering
- Solid
4. stern
- Aloof
- Austere
- Cold
- Disapproving
- Dour
- Flinty
- Forbidding
- Frosty
- Frowning
- Glowering
- Grave
- Grim-faced
- Grim
- Icy
- Serious
- Sober
- Sombre
- Steely
- Stern
- Stiff
- Stony
- Tight-lipped
- Unfriendly
- Unsmiling
- Frigid
5. plain
- Ascetic
- Austere
- Chaste
- Clinical
- Functional
- Monastic
- Plain
- Puritanical
- Restrained
- Simple
- Spare
- Spartan
- Stark
- Ultra-plain
- Unadorned
- Uncluttered
- Undecorated
- Unembellished
- Unfussy
- Unornamented
- Without frills
- Classic
Severe Sentences
The storm caused severe damage yesterday.
She faced severe consequences for actions.
He experienced severe pain after surgery.
The drought resulted in severe water shortages.
