English-Thai Dictionary
sever
VI แยก เป็น ส่วนๆ แบ่งแยก ตัด สัมพันธไมตรี yeak-pen-suan
sever
VT แยก ออก ตัด สัมพันธไมตรี ตัดขาด แบ่งแยก part split separate yeak-ook
several
ADJ หลาย เยอะแยะ มากกว่า สอง some any many none lai
severally
ADV หลากหลาย ต่างๆ นานา ตามลำดับ exclusively separately lak-lai
severalty
N การ มีเจ้าของ หลาย คน การ มี หลากหลาย kan-me-jao-kong-lai-kon
severance
N การ ตัดขาด การ แยก ออก การแตกแยก การ ตัดความสัมพันธ์ การ แบ่ง เป็น ส่วนๆ section separation split attachment connection kan-tad-kad
severe
ADJ รุนแรง ดุเดือด เคร่งครัด เอาจริงเอาจัง เข้มงวด กวดขัน cruel oppressive resolute rigid earnest run-rang
severely
ADV อย่างรุนแรง อย่างเข้มงวด อย่างเอาจริงเอาจัง critically harshly rigorously yang-run-rang
severity
N ความรุนแรง ความเข้มงวด ความ กวดขัน ความ เคร่ง ความยากลำบาก ความแม่นยำ การ ลงโทษ อย่างรุนแรง asperity sharpness unkindness hardheartedness kindness pity softness kwam-run-rang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SEVER
v.t.[There may be a doubt whether sever is derived from the Latin separo. Heb. Ch. Syr. Ar. to break. ] 1. To part or divide by violence; to separate by parting or rending; as, to sever the body or the arm at a single stroke.
2. To part from the rest by violence; as, to sever the head from the body.
3. To separate; to disjoin; as distinct things, but united; as the dearest friends severed by cruel necessity.
4. To separate and put in different places or orders.
The angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just. Matthew 13:49.
5. To disjoin; to disunite; in a general sense, but usually applying violence.
6. To keep distinct or apart.
7. In law, to disunite; to disconnect; to part possession; as, to sever a state in joint-tenacy.
SEVER
v.i. 1. To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
The Lord will sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt. Exodus 9:4.
2. To suffer disjunction; to be parted or rent assunder.
SEVERAL
a.[from several. ] 1. Separate; distinct; not common to two or more; as a several fishery; a several estate. A several fishery is one held by the owner of the soil, or by title derived from the owner. A several estate is one held by a tenant in his own right, or a distinct estate unconnected with any other person.
2. Separate; different; distinct.
Divers sorts of beasts came from several parts to drink. Bacon.
Four several armies to the field are lead. Dryden.
3. Divers; consisting of a number; more than two, but not very many. Several persons were present when the event took place.
4. Separate; single; particular.
Each several ship a victory did gain. Dryden.
5. Distinct; appropriate.
Each might his several province well command,
Would all but stoop to what they understand. Pope.
A joint and several note or bond, is one executed by two or more persons, each of whom is bound to pay the whole, in case the others prove to be insolvent.
SEVERAL
n. 1. Each particular, or small number, singly taken.
Several of them neither rose from any conspicuous family, nor left any behing them. Addison.
There was not time enough to hear
The severals- Shak.
[This latter use, in the plural, is now infrequent or obsolete. ]
2. An inclosed or separate place; inclosed ground; as, they had their several for the heathen, their several for their own people; put a beast into a several. [These applications are nearly or wholly obsolete. ]
In several, in a state of separation.
Where pastures in several be. [Little used. ] Tusser.
SEVERALITY
n.Each particular singly taken; distinction. [Not in use. ]
SEVERALIZE
v.t.To distinguish. [Not in use. ]
SEVERALLY
adv. Separately; distinctly; apart from others. Call the men severally by name. I could not keep my eye steady on them severally so as to number them. Newton.
To be jointly and severally bound in a contract, is for each obligor to be liable to pay the whole demand, in case the other or others are not able.
SEVERALTY
n.A state of separation from the rest, or from all others. An estate in severalty, is that which the tenant holds in his own right, without being joined in interest with any other person. It is distinguished from joint-tenacy, coparcenary and common.
SEVERANCE
n.Separation; the act of dividing or disuniting. The sevrance of a jointure is make by destroying the unity of interest. Thus when there are two joint-tenants for life, and the inheritance is purchased by or descends upon either, it is a servrance. So also when two persons are joined in a writ, and one is nonsuited; in this case sevrance is permitted, and the other plantif may proceed in the suit. So also in assize, when two or more disseizees appear upon the writ, and not the other, sevrance is permitted.
SEVERE
a.[L. severus. ] 1. Rigid; harsh; not mild or indulgent; as severe words; severe treatment; severe wrath.
2. Sharp; hard rigorous.
Let your zeal-be more severe against thyself than against others. Taylor.
3. Very strict; or sometimes perhaps, unreasonably strict or exact; giving no indulgence to faults or errors; as severe government; severe criticism.
4. Rigorous, perhaps cruel; as severe punishment; severe justice.
5. Grave; sober; sedate to an extreme; opposed to cheerful, gay, light, lively.
Your looks must alter, as your subject does,
From kind to fierce, from wanton to severe. Waller.
6. Rigidly exact; strictly methodical; not lax or airy. I will not venture on on so nice a subject with my severe style.
7. Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; as severe pain, anguish, torture, etc.
8. Sharp; biting; extreme; as severe cold.
9. Close; concise; not luxuriant.
The Latin, a most severe and compendious language- Dryden.
1 . Exact; critical; nice; as a sever test.
SEVERELY
adv. 1. Harshly; sharply; as, the chide one severely.
2. Strictly; rigorously; as, to judge one severely.
To be or fondly or severely kind. Savage.
3. With extreme rigor; as, to punish severely.
4. Painfully; effectively; greatly; as, to be severely afflicted the gout.
5. Fiercely; ferociously.
More formidable Hydra stands within,
Whose jaws with iron teeth severely grin. Dryden.
SEVERITE
n.A mineral found near St. Sever, in France, occurring in small masses, white without luster, a little harder than lithomarge.
SEVERITY
n.[L. sveritas.] 1. Harshness; rigor; austerity; want of mildness or indulgence; as the severity of a reprimand or reproof.
2. Rigor; extreme strictness; as the severity of discipline or government.
3. Excessive figor; extreme degree or amount. Severity of penalties or punishments often defeats the object by exciting pity.
4. Extremity; quality or power of distressing; as the severity of pain or anguish.
5. Extreme degree; as the severity of cold or heat.
6. Extreme coldness or inclemency; as the severity of the winter.
7. Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as severity practiced on prisoners of war.
8. Exactness; rigor; niceness; as the severity of a test.
9. Strictness; rigid accuracy.
Confining myself to the severity of truth. Dryden.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SEVER
Sev "er, v. t. [imp. &. p. p. Severed; p. pr. & vb. n. Severing.]Etym: [OF. sevrer, severer, to separate, F. sevrer to wean, fr. L. separare. See Separate, and cf. Several. ]
1. To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc. ; as, to sever the head from the body. The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. Matt. xiii. 49.
2. To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg. Our state can not be severed; we are one. Milton.
3. To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt. I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there. Ex. viii. 22.
4. (Law )
Defn: To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy. Blackstone.
SEVER
SEVER Sev "er, v. i.
1. To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate. Shak.
2. To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish. The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt. Ex. ix. 4. They claimed the right of severing in their challenge. Macaulay.
SEVERABLE
SEVERABLE Sev "er *a *ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being severed. Encyc. Dict.
SEVERAL
Sev "er *al, a. Etym: [OF. , fr. LL. separalis, fr. L. separ separate, different. See Sever, Separate. ]
1. Separate; distinct; particular; single. Each several ship a victory did gain. Dryden. Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. Pope.
2. Diverse; different; various. Spenser. Habits and faculties, several, and to be distinguished. Bacon. Four several armies to the field are led. Dryden.
3. Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the event took place.
SEVERAL
SEVERAL Sev "er *al, adv.
Defn: By itself; severally. [Obs. ] Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or storehoudses. Robynson (More's Utopia ).
SEVERAL
SEVERAL Sev "er *al, n.
1. Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual. [Obs. ] There was not time enough to hear. .. The severals. Shak.
2. Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many. Several of them neither rose from any conspicuous family, nor left any behind them. Addison.
3. An inclosed or separate place; inclosure. [Obs. ] They had their several for heathen nations, their several for the people of their own nation. Hooker. In several, in a state of separation. [R.] "Where pastures in several be. " Tusser.
SEVERALITY
Sev `er *al "i *ty, n.; pl. Severalities (.
Defn: Each particular taken singly; distinction. [Obs. ] Bp. Hall.
SEVERALIZE
SEVERALIZE Sev "er *al *ize, v. t.
Defn: To distinguish. [Obs. ]
SEVERALLY
SEVERALLY Sev "er *al *ly, adv.
Defn: Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually. There must be an auditor to check and revise each severally by itself. De Quincey.
SEVERALTY
SEVERALTY Sev "er *al *ty, n.
Defn: A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right. Forests which had never been owned in severalty. Bancroft. Estate in severalty (Law ), an estate which the tenant holds in his own right, without being joined in interest with any other person; -- distinguished from joint tenancy, coparcenary, and common. Blackstone.
SEVERANCE
SEVERANCE Sev "er *ance, n.
1. The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation. Milman.
2. (Law )
Defn: The act of dividing; the singling or severing of two or more that join, or are joined, in one writ; the putting in several or separate pleas or answers by two or more disjointly; the destruction of the unity of interest in a joint estate. Bouvier.
SEVERE
Se *vere ", a. [Compar. Severer; superl. Severest.] Etym: [L. severus; perhaps akin to Gr. swikns innocent, chaste: cf. F. sévère. Cf. Asseverate, Persevere. ]
1. Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful. Your looks alter, as your subject does, From kind to fierce, from wanton to severe. Waller.
2. Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment. "Custody severe. " Milton. Come! you are too severe a moraler. Shak. Let your zeal, if it must be expressed in anger, be always more severe against thyself than against others. Jer. Taylor.
3. Rigidly methodical, or adherent to rule or principle; exactly conformed to a standard; not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc. ; strict; -- said of style, argument, etc. "Restrained by reason and severe principles." Jer. Taylor. The Latin, a most severe and compendious language. Dryden.
4. Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold.
5. Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test.
Syn. -- Strict; grave; austere; stern; morose; rigid; exact; rigorous; hard; rough; harsh; censorious; tart; acrimonious; sarcastic; satirical; cutting; biting; keen; bitter; cruel. See Strict. -- Se *vere "ly, adv. -- Se *vere "ness, n.
SEVERITY
Se *ver "i *ty, n.; pl. Severities. Etym: [L. severitas: cf. F.sévérité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being severe. Specifically: -- (a ) Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties. "Strict age, and sour severity. "Milton. (b ) The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter. (c ) Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war. (d ) Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test. Confining myself to the severity of truth. Dryden.
SEVERY
Sev "er *y, n. Etym: [Prob. corrupted fr. ciborium. Oxf. Gloss. ](Arch. )
Defn: A bay or compartment of a vaulted ceiling. [Written also civery.]
New American Oxford Dictionary
sever
sev er |ˈsevər ˈsɛvər | ▶verb [ with obj. ] divide by cutting or slicing, esp. suddenly and forcibly: the head was severed from the body | (as adj. severed ) : severed limbs. • put an end to (a connection or relationship ); break off: he severed his relations with Lawrence. DERIVATIVES sev er a ble adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French severer, from Latin separare ‘disjoin, divide. ’
several
sev er al |ˈsev (ə )rəl ˈsɛv (ə )rəl | ▶determiner & pronoun more than two but not many: [ as determiner ] : the author of several books | [ as pronoun ] : Van Gogh was just one of several artists who gathered at Auvers | several of his friends attended. ▶adjective separate or respective: the two levels of government sort out their several responsibilities. • Law applied or regarded separately. Often contrasted with joint. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from medieval Latin separalis, from Latin separ ‘separate, different. ’ usage: See usage at various .
severally
sev er al ly |ˈsev (ə )rəlē ˈsevrəli | ▶adverb separately or individually; each in turn: the partners are jointly and severally liable.
severalty
sev er al ty |ˈsev (ə )rəltē ˈsɛvərəlti | ▶noun archaic the condition of being separate. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French severalte, from several (see several ).
severance
sev er ance |ˈsev (ə )rəns ˈsɛv (ə )rəns | ▶noun the action of ending a connection or relationship: the severance and disestablishment of the Irish Church | a complete severance of links with the Republic. • the state of being separated or cut off: she works on the feeling of severance, of being deprived of her mother. • dismissal or discharge from employment: [ as modifier ] : employees were offered severance terms. • short for severance pay. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin separare (see sever ).
severance pay
sev er ance pay ▶noun an amount paid to an employee upon dismissal or discharge from employment.
severe
se vere |səˈvi (ə )r səˈvɪ (ə )r | ▶adjective ( severer, severest ) 1 (of something bad or undesirable ) very great; intense: a severe shortage of technicians | a severe attack of asthma | damage is not too severe. • demanding great ability, skill, or resilience: a severe test of stamina. 2 strict or harsh: the charges would have warranted a severe sentence | he is unusually severe on what he regards as tendentious pseudo-learning. 3 very plain in style or appearance: she wore another severe suit, gray this time. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. ( sense 2 ): from French sévère or Latin severus .
severely
se vere ly |səˈvi (ə )rlē | ▶adverb 1 to an undesirably great or intense degree: our business has been severely affected by the slowdown | [ as submodifier ] : severely injured patients. 2 strictly or harshly: the culprits will be severely punished. • in a formal and unsmiling way: “I hope you're not trying to steal my girlfriend, ” I said severely. 3 in a very plain style: her hair was severely pulled back into a bun.
severity
se ver i ty |səˈveritē sɪˈverəti | ▶noun the fact or condition of being severe: sentences should reflect the severity of the crime | hay fever symptoms vary in severity. she stared at me with mock severity.
Severn
Sev ern |ˈsevərn ˈsɛvərn | a river of southwestern Britain. Rising in central Wales, it flows northeast and then south in a broad curve for about 180 miles (290 km ) to its mouth on the Bristol Channel.
Severnaya Zemlya
Se ver na ya Zem lya |ˈsevərnäˌyä ˌzemlēˈä, syivirnäˈyä zemˈlyä ˈsɛvərnɑˌjɑ ˌzɛmliˈɑ | a group of uninhabited islands in the Arctic Ocean off the northern coast of Russia, to the north of the Taimyr Peninsula.
Severodvinsk
Se ve ro dvinsk |ˌsevərədˈvinsk, syivyirədˈvyinsk ˈsɛvərədvɪnsk | a port in northwestern Russia, on the White Sea coast, west of Archangel; pop. 191,400 (est. 2008 ).
Severus, Septimius
Se ve rus, Septimius |səˈvi (ə )rəs səˈvɪrəs | (146 –211 ), Roman emperor 193 –211; full name Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax. In 208, he led an army to Britain to suppress a rebellion in the north and later died at York.
severy
sev er y |ˈsev (ə )rē ˈsɛvəri | ▶noun ( pl. severies ) Architecture a bay or compartment in a vaulted ceiling. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French civoire ‘ciborium ’ (see ciborium ).
Oxford Dictionary
sever
sever |ˈsɛvə | ▶verb [ with obj. ] divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly: the head was severed from the body | (as adj. severed ) : severed limbs. • put an end to (a connection or relationship ); break off: the notice itself may be sufficient to sever the joint tenancy. DERIVATIVES severable adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French severer, from Latin separare ‘disjoin, divide ’.
several
sev |eral |ˈsɛv (ə )r (ə )l | ▶determiner & pronoun more than two but not many: [ as determiner ] : the author of several books | [ as pronoun ] : the programme is one of several in the UK | several of his friends attended. ▶adjective separate or respective: the two levels of government sort out their several responsibilities. • Law applied or regarded separately. Often contrasted with joint. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from medieval Latin separalis, from Latin separ ‘separate, different ’.
severally
sev ¦er |al ¦ly |ˈsɛv (ə )r (ə )li | ▶adverb separately or individually; each in turn: the partners are jointly and severally liable.
severalty
sev ¦er |al ¦ty |ˈsɛv (ə )r (ə )lti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] archaic the condition of being separate. PHRASES in severalty Law (of land ) in one's own right as private property, rather than in interest with another. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French severalte, from several (see several ).
severance
sev ¦er |ance |ˈsɛv (ə )r (ə )ns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the action of ending a connection or relationship: the severance and disestablishment of the Irish Church | [ count noun ] : a complete severance of links with the Republic. • the state of being separated or cut off. • dismissal or discharge from employment: [ as modifier ] : employees were offered severance terms. • short for severance pay. 2 division by cutting or slicing. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin separare (see sever ).
severance pay
sev ¦er |ance pay ▶noun an amount paid to an employee on the early termination of a contract.
severe
se ¦vere |sɪˈvɪə | ▶adjective ( severer, severest ) 1 (of something bad or undesirable ) very great; intense: a severe shortage of technicians | a severe attack of asthma | the damage is not too severe. • demanding great ability, skill, or resilience: a severe test of stamina. 2 (of punishment of a person ) strict or harsh: the charges would have warranted a severe sentence. • (of a person ) formal and unsmiling. 3 very plain in style or appearance: she wore another severe suit, grey this time. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in sense 2 ): from French sévère or Latin severus .
severely
se |vere ¦ly |sɪˈvɪəli | ▶adverb 1 to an undesirably great or intense degree: our business has been severely affected by the slowdown | [ as submodifier ] : severely injured patients. 2 strictly or harshly: the culprits will be severely punished. • in a formal and unsmiling way: 'I hope you're not trying to steal my girlfriend, ' I said severely. 3 in a very plain style: her hair was severely pulled back into a bun.
severity
se ¦ver |ity |sɪˈvɛrɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the fact or condition of being severe: sentences should reflect the severity of the crime | hay fever symptoms vary in severity. she stared at me with mock severity.
Severn
Sev ¦ern |ˈsɛv (ə )n | a river of SW Britain. Rising in central Wales, it flows north-east then south in a broad curve for some 290 km (180 miles ) to its mouth on the Bristol Channel. The estuary is spanned by a suspension bridge north of Bristol, opened in 1966, and a second bridge a few miles to the south, opened in 1996.
Severnaya Zemlya
Severnaya Zemlya |ˌsɛvɛːˌnʌɪə zɪmˈljɑː | a group of uninhabited islands in the Arctic Ocean off the north coast of Russia, to the north of the Taimyr Peninsula.
Severodvinsk
Severodvinsk |ˌsɛvərəˈdvɪnsk | a port in NW Russia, on the White Sea coast west of Archangel; pop. 191,400 (est. 2008 ).
Severus, Septimius
Severus, Septimius |sɪˈvɪərəs | (146 –211 ), Roman emperor 193 –211; full name Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax. He reformed the imperial administration and the army. In 208 he led an army to Britain to suppress a rebellion in the north of the country and later died at York.
severy
severy |ˈsɛvəri | ▶noun ( pl. severies ) Architecture a bay or compartment in a vaulted ceiling. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French civoire ‘ciborium ’ (see ciborium ).
American Oxford Thesaurus
sever
sever verb 1 the head was severed from the body: cut off, chop off, detach, disconnect, dissever, separate, part; amputate; literary sunder. ANTONYMS join, attach. 2 a knife had severed the artery: cut (through ), rupture, split, pierce. 3 they severed diplomatic relations: break off, discontinue, suspend, end, terminate, cease, dissolve. ANTONYMS establish, maintain.
several
several adjective 1 several people: some, a number of, a few; various, assorted, sundry, diverse; literary divers. 2 they sorted out their several responsibilities: respective, individual, own, particular, specific; separate, different, disparate, distinct; various.
severe
severe adjective 1 severe injuries: acute, very bad, serious, grave, critical, dreadful, terrible, awful; dangerous, parlous, life-threatening; formal grievous. ANTONYMS minor, negligible. 2 severe storms: fierce, violent, strong, powerful, intense; tempestuous, turbulent. ANTONYMS gentle. 3 a severe winter: harsh, bitter, cold, bleak, freezing, icy, arctic, extreme; informal brutal. ANTONYMS mild. 4 a severe headache: excruciating, agonizing, intense, dreadful, awful, terrible, unbearable, intolerable; informal splitting, pounding, screaming. ANTONYMS slight. 5 a severe test of their stamina: difficult, demanding, tough, arduous, formidable, exacting, rigorous, punishing, onerous, grueling. ANTONYMS easy, simple. 6 severe criticism: harsh, scathing, sharp, strong, fierce, savage, scorching, devastating, trenchant, caustic, biting, withering. ANTONYMS mild. 7 severe tax penalties: extortionate, excessive, unreasonable, inordinate, outrageous, sky-high, harsh, stiff; punitive. 8 they received severe treatment: harsh, stern, hard, inflexible, uncompromising, unrelenting, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, draconian, oppressive, repressive, punitive; brutal, cruel, savage. ANTONYMS lenient, lax. 9 his severe expression: stern, dour, grim, forbidding, disapproving, unsmiling, unfriendly, somber, grave, serious, stony, steely; cold, frosty. ANTONYMS friendly, genial. 10 a severe style of architecture: plain, simple, austere, unadorned, unembellished, unornamented, stark, spartan, ascetic; clinical, uncluttered. ANTONYMS fancy, ornate. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD severe, ascetic, austere, stern, strict, unmitigated A storm, a hairdo, and a punishment may all be described as severe, which means harsh or uncompromising, without a hint of softness, mildness, levity, or indulgence. Austere, on the other hand, primarily applies to people, their habits, their way of life, and the environments they create; it implies coldness, stark simplicity, and restraint (an austere room with only a table and chair ). Ascetic implies extreme self-denial and self-discipline, in some cases to the point of choosing what is painful or disagreeable (he had an ascetic approach to life and rejected all creature comforts ). Strict literally means bound or stretched tight; in extended use, it means strenuously exact (a strict curfew; strict obedience ). Stern combines harshness and authority with strictness or severity (a stern judge ). Unmitigated means unmodified and unsoftened in any way (a streak of unmitigated bad luck ).These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.
severely
severely adjective 1 he was severely injured: badly, seriously, critically; fatally; formal grievously. 2 she was severely criticized: sharply, roundly, soundly, fiercely, savagely. 3 murderers should be treated more severely: harshly, strictly, sternly, rigorously, mercilessly, pitilessly, roughly, sharply; with a rod of iron; brutally, cruelly, savagely. 4 she looked severely at Harriet: sternly, grimly, dourly, disapprovingly; coldly, frostily. 5 she dressed severely in black: plainly, simply, austerely, starkly.
Oxford Thesaurus
sever
sever verb 1 the head had been completely severed from the body: cut off, chop off, lop off, hack off, cleave, hew off, shear off, slice off, split; break off, tear off; divide, separate, part, detach, disconnect; amputate, dock; literary rend; archaic sunder; rare dissever. ANTONYMS join, attach. 2 she had died from a single knife wound which had severed the artery: cut, cut through, rupture, split, pierce, rip, tear. 3 neither country has expressly severed diplomatic ties: break off, discontinue, suspend; bring to an end, end, put an end to, terminate, stop, cease, conclude, dissolve. ANTONYMS maintain, establish, initiate.
several
several adjective 1 several people arrived early: some, a number of, a few, not very many, a handful of, a small group of, various, a variety of, assorted, sundry, diverse; literary divers. ANTONYMS a lot, many. 2 the two levels of government must sort out their several responsibilities: respective, individual, own, particular, specific; separate, different, diverse, disparate, divergent, distinct, discrete; various, sundry. ANTONYMS joint.
severally
severally adverb formal a three-person board, the members of which would be severally nominated by the company: separately, individually, singly, discretely; respectively. ANTONYMS jointly.
severe
severe adjective 1 severe shortages of basic foodstuffs | the victim sustained severe head injuries: acute, very bad, serious, grave, critical, dire, drastic, grievous, extreme, dreadful, terrible, awful, frightful, appalling, sore; alarming, worrying, distressing, dangerous, perilous, life-threatening; Medicine peracute, profound; archaic or humorous parlous. ANTONYMS minor, negligible. 2 the severe storms which battered Orkney this year: fierce, violent, strong, wild, powerful, forceful, intense; tempestuous, turbulent, tumultuous. ANTONYMS gentle. 3 it was an exceptionally severe winter: harsh, hard, bitter, bitterly cold, cold, bleak, freezing, icy, arctic, polar, Siberian, extreme, nasty. ANTONYMS mild. 4 Maria complained of a severe headache: excruciating, agonizing, violent, intense, dreadful, awful, terrible, frightful, unbearable, intolerable, unendurable; stabbing, shooting; informal splitting, thumping, pounding. ANTONYMS slight. 5 their traumatic experiences meant that the further five-mile walk would be a severe test of their remaining stamina: very difficult, demanding, hard, tough, arduous, formidable, taxing, exacting, rigorous, punishing, onerous, gruelling, burdensome, heavy; back-breaking, uphill, stiff. ANTONYMS easy, simple. 6 the government's economic policies came in for severe criticism: harsh, scathing, sharp, strong, fierce, ferocious, stringent, savage, blistering, searing, stinging, scorching, devastating, mordant, trenchant, caustic, biting, cutting, withering, rigorous, unsparing; smart, sound. ANTONYMS mild. 7 a campaign against severe tax penalties: extortionate, excessive, unreasonable, inordinate, outrageous, sky-high, harsh, stiff; punitive, punishing, penal; Brit. swingeing. 8 army service offered poor living conditions, low pay, and severe discipline | Ceauşescu singled out this minority for especially severe treatment: strict, stern, rigorous, harsh, hard, inflexible, uncompromising, inexorable, implacable, rigid, unbending, relentless, unrelenting, unyielding, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, draconian, oppressive, repressive, punitive, rough, nasty; tyrannical, iron-fisted, iron-handed, brutal, inhuman, cruel, savage; Austral. /NZ informal solid. ANTONYMS lenient, lax. 9 his severe expression softened: stern, dour, grim, grim-faced, forbidding, disapproving, tight-lipped, unsmiling, unfriendly, sombre, grave, sober, serious, austere, stiff, flinty, stony, steely, glowering, frowning; cold, aloof, frosty, icy, frigid. ANTONYMS genial, friendly. 10 the severe style of early Classical Greek architecture: plain, simple, restrained, unadorned, undecorated, unembellished, unornamented, austere, chaste, spare, stark, ultra-plain, unfussy, without frills, spartan, ascetic, monastic, puritanical; functional, clinical, uncluttered; classic. ANTONYMS ornate, fancy.
severely
severely adverb 1 Picher was severely injured: very badly, extremely badly, seriously, gravely, critically, grievously, acutely, sorely; dangerously; fatally. ANTONYMS slightly. 2 he was severely criticized by the chairman: sharply, roundly, soundly, fiercely, scathingly, savagely; informal like a ton of bricks. ANTONYMS mildly. 3 the view that rapists should be treated more severely was repeated in the editorial: harshly, strictly, sternly, rigorously, relentlessly, mercilessly, pitilessly, oppressively, repressively, roughly, sharply, with an iron hand, with a rod of iron; brutally, cruelly, savagely. ANTONYMS leniently. 4 she looked severely at Harriet: sternly, grimly, dourly, disapprovingly, sombrely, gravely, seriously, stiffly; coolly, coldly, frostily, icily. ANTONYMS genially. 5 a stout woman dressed severely in black: plainly, simply, austerely, without adornment, without frills, starkly, spartanly, monastically; classically.
severity
severity noun 1 the severity of the disease: acuteness, seriousness, gravity, graveness, severeness, grievousness, extremity; danger, dangerousness. 2 global warming was blamed for an increase in the severity of storms | the pain increased in severity: strength, intensity, ferocity, fierceness, violence, power, powerfulness, force, forcefulness. 3 the severity of the winter may have killed the grass: harshness, severeness, cold, coldness, bleakness, extremity. ANTONYMS mildness. 4 the Emperor was often on bad terms with his younger brothers, whom he treated with great severity | the severity of the sentence caused surprise: harshness, strictness, hardness, sternness, toughness, rigorousness, rigour, stringency, inflexibility, relentlessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness; brutality, inhumanity, cruelty, savagery. ANTONYMS leniency. 5 Robyn flinched at the severity of his expression: sternness, dourness, grimness, sombreness, unfriendliness, graveness, gravity, soberness, seriousness, austereness, austerity, stiffness, flintiness, stoniness, steeliness; coldness, frostiness, iciness, frigidity. ANTONYMS geniality. 6 a white, filmy gown that contrasted with the black severity of her own attire: plainness, simplicity, restraint, lack of adornment, lack of decoration, lack of ornament, lack of embellishment, austerity, spareness, starkness; functionalism. ANTONYMS elaboration.
Duden Dictionary
Severin
Se ve rin Eigenname Severinus |Sever i n |männlicher Vorname
Severinus
Se ve ri nus Eigenname Severin |Sever i nus |männlicher Vorname
Severus
Se ve rus Eigenname |Sev e rus |römischer Kaiser
French Dictionary
sévère
sévère adj. adjectif 1 Rigide, exigeant. : Un professeur très sévère. 2 Qui blâme sans indulgence, dur. : Un châtiment sévère. 3 Austère, sans décoration. : Un décor sévère. FORME FAUTIVE sévère. Anglicisme au sens de considérable, difficile, grave, important, majeur. : Des pertes considérables (et non *sévères ). Une défaite grave (et non *sévère ). Des déficits importants (et non *sévères ). Une réduction majeure (et non *sévère ) du nombre de postes.
sévèrement
sévèrement adv. adverbe Avec sévérité. : Ce professeur corrige trop sévèrement. FORMES FAUTIVES sévèrement. Anglicisme au sens de grandement, gravement, lourdement. : Une économie lourdement (et non *sévèrement ) atteinte par la hausse des taux d ’intérêt. sévèrement. Anglicisme au sens de radicalement. : Des données modifiées radicalement (et non *sévèrement ). Note Orthographique s é v è rement.
sévérité
sévérité n. f. nom féminin Dureté, rigueur. : Il corrige avec sévérité: il ne tolère pas la moindre erreur. ANTONYME indulgence . FORME FAUTIVE sévérité. Anglicisme au sens de gravité. : La gravité (et non la *sévérité ) de l ’infraction.
Spanish Dictionary
severidad
severidad nombre femenino 1 Exactitud y rigor en el cumplimiento de una ley, una norma o una regla :había severidad en el colegio para cumplir la disciplina .2 Rigor excesivo al juzgar las faltas y debilidades de los demás o las propias :fue educado con severidad; tampoco faltan normas de cierta severidad, superiores en rigor a las islámicas antiguas, para reprimir los excesos en público .
severo, -ra
severo, -ra adjetivo 1 Que es estricto y riguroso al aplicar una ley o una regla :es un juez muy severo .2 Que es muy intransigente con las faltas o las debilidades de los demás o las propias :es un maestro severo con los alumnos; emitió juicios muy severos sobre los atentados terroristas .3 [aspecto, expresión ] Que es grave, serio o poco expresivo :estilo severo; porte severo .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
sever
sev er /sévə r /動詞 ｟かたく ｠他動詞 1 〈体の一部 ひもなど 〉を切断する (cut off )(→separate 類義 ).2 (突然 )〈人 物との関係 〉を断つ .自動詞 〈体の一部 ひもなどが 〉切断される, 切れる .
several
sev er al /sévr (ə )l /〖語源は 「別々の 」〗形容詞 比較なし 〖名詞 の前で 〗1 いくつかの , いくらかの , 数人 [個 ]の (!a fewの 「少数 」の具体的な数は文脈によるが, severalは3 --6の数をさすことが多い; ↓語法 ) ▸ Bill stayed there for several days .ビルは数日そこに泊まった ▸ I met this man several times and we became friendly .この男に何度か会って仲良くなった 2 〖通例one 's ～ ＋複数名詞 〗それぞれの , 個々の (individual, separate ); いろいろな (different )▸ They went their several ways .彼らはめいめい別々の方向に進んだ ▸ Several men, several minds .｟ことわざ ｠十人十色 ▸ several kinds of information about the election 選挙に関するさまざまな情報 語法 severalの用法 1 severalは通例3ないし5, 6ぐらいの数量を表し C 名詞だけに用いられるが, someは漠然とした数を表し U 名詞にも用いられる .2 a fewは 「少数の 」の意味を表すがseveralは 「少ない 」の語感を持たない. そのためonly severalとはしない ▸ only a few [╳several ] years ago ほんの数年前に 3 severalは 「いくつかの 」の意味では通例 冠詞 と共に用いることはできない. the several changes は 「そのさまざまな変化 」の意味 ▸ the few [╳the several ] boys その数人の男の子たち 代名詞 〖複数扱い 〗いくらかのもの , いくつか ▸ Several (of her friends ) came to see her in hospital .(友人の )何人かは入院中の彼女の見舞いにやって来た ～ly /-i /副詞 ｟かたく ｠別々に, 各自に .～ty /-ti /名詞 U ｟かたく ｠個別性, 独自性 .
severance
sev er ance /sév (ə )r (ə )ns /名詞 U C ｟かたく ｠1 (関係などの )断絶 .2 切断 ; 分離, 隔離 ; 分割 .～́ p à y [p à yment ](解雇の際の )退職手当 .
severe
se vere /sɪvɪ́ə r /(副 )severely, (名 )severity 形容詞 ～r ; ～st /more ～; most ～1 深刻な ; 〈症状が 〉重い ; 〈天候 天災などが 〉厳しい , ひどい ▸ severe economic problems 厳しい経済問題 ▸ severe burns ひどいやけど ▸ a severe storm ひどいあらし 2 〈人が 〉【人に 】厳しい , 厳格な «with , on » ▸ be severe with one's son 自分の息子にやかましい 3 〈批判 刑罰などが 〉厳しい (harsh )▸ a severe criticism [punishment ]酷評 [厳罰 ]4 〈表情が 〉厳しい , 険しい .5 〈人 物の見かけが 〉地味で物足りない , 簡素な ▸ in a severe dress 地味な服を着て
severely
se vere ly /sɪvɪ́ə r li /副詞 1 〖通例 過分 形容詞 の前で 〗ひどく, (程度が )著しく .2 厳しく, 厳格に .3 手ひどく, 手厳しく 〈言う 〉.4 地味に, 簡素に .l è ave [l è t ] A sev è rely al ó ne (故意に )Aを避ける, 敬遠する, 相手にしない .
severity
se ver i ty /sɪvérəti /名詞 複 -ties 1 U (症状が )重いこと, 深刻であること ; 厳しさ, 厳格 ; 地味さ, 簡素 .2 C 〖通例 -ties 〗厳しい経験 [行為 ].
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