English-Thai Dictionary

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

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

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.

 

Oxford Dictionary

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.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

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

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.

 

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.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

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 .