OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 19290

severe

/sɪˈvɪə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
grave • severo
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).
severo
Strict or harsh.
a severe taskmaster
austero • severo
Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
a severe old maiden aunt
severe clothing