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severeadjective given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restrainta severe, uncompromising teacher who locked the classroom door precisely when the bell rang and let no one in afterward austere, authoritarian, flinty, hard, harsh, heavy-handed, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, stern, strict, tough demanding, exactinguncharitable, unforgivingadamant, adamantine, callous, hardened, hard-hearted, hard-line, immovable, implacable, inflexible, merciless, ossified, pitiless, relentless, rock-ribbed, stiff, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unsparing, unyieldingdour, gruffascetic(also ascetical), monastic, monkishbrowbeating, bullyingdetermined, firm, resolved, single-minded, steadfast, unflinchingdogged, intractable, obstinate, relentless clement, forbearing, gentle, indulgent, lax, lenient, tolerant easy, easygoing, laid-back, undemandingcharitable, kind, merciful, mild, patient, soft, softheartedaccepting, compromising, yieldingresponsive, willingacquiescent, agreeable, amenable, complaisant, compliant, flexible, pliable, pliant harsh and threatening in manner or appearanceclergymen who dressed in severe clothing austere, dour, fierce, flinty, forbidding, grim, gruff, intimidating, lowering(also louring), rough, rugged, stark, steely, stern, ungentle bleak, cold, hostile, inhospitable, inimical, unfriendly, unsympatheticadamant, bound, determined, firm, intent, purposeful, resolute, resolved, steadfast, unflinchingfixed, hard, hardened, hardheaded, immovable, implacable, inflexible, ironhanded, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, self-willed, set, stiff, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful(or wilful)immutable, unchangeableblack, cheerless, dark, gloomy, glum, joyless, melancholic, moody, morose, sulky, sullen, surlybrooding, grave, humorless, melancholy, serious, sober, sobersided, solemn, somber(or sombre), staid, unsmiling, weighty benign, benignant, gentle, mild, nonintimidating, tender bland, meek, mellow, soft, soothingeasy, quiet, tranquilagreeable, bright, cheerful, inviting, pleasant, pleasing, sweetglad, happy, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, sunnyfeatherbrained, flighty, frivolous, giddy, goofy, harebrained, light-headed, playful, scatterbrained, silly not joking or playful in mood or mannerthe judge maintained a severe expression throughout the trial earnest, grave, humorless, no-nonsense, po-faced(British), sedate, serious, sober, sobersided, solemn, staid, uncomic, unsmiling, weighty harsh, stern, strictbusinesslike, professionaldignified, distinguished, elevated, serious-mindedgloomy, grim facetious, flip, flippant, humorous, jesting, jocular, joking, kittenish, ludic, playful antic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, hysterical(also hysteric), laughable, light, light-headed, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting, uproariousfeatherbrained, flighty, frivolous, goofy, harebrained, lighthearted, puerile, scatterbrainedabsurd, asinine, balmy, brainless, cockeyed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dotty, fatuous, foolish, half-witted, insane, jerky, kooky(also kookie), loony(also looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, senseless, silly, unwise, wacky(also whacky), weak-minded, witless, zany difficult to endurea severe winter that was among the coldest on record bitter, brutal, burdensome, cruel, excruciating, grievous, grim, hard, hardhanded, harsh, heavy, inhuman, murderous, onerous, oppressive, rough, rugged, searing, stiff, tough, trying austere, bleak, comfortless, discomforting, forbidding, inhospitable, spartan, uncomfortablebiting, inclement, intemperate, wildrigorous, strict, stringentagonizing, heartbreaking, heartrending, painful, wretchedcrushing, grinding, overwhelming, wearinginsufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unbearable, unendurableharrowing, tortuousbad, disagreeable, hostile, unfriendly, unpleasant easy, light, soft comfortable, cozy, luxurious, snugagreeable, friendly, genial, hospitable, pleasantpeaceful, relaxing, reposeful, restfulbearable, endurable, painless, tolerablebalmy, calm, clement, gentle, mild, moderate, temperate requiring considerable physical or mental efforta severe test of courage arduous, Augean, backbreaking, challenging, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, grueling(or gruelling), hard, heavy, hellacious, herculean, killer, laborious, moiling, murderous, pick-and-shovel, rigorous, rough, rugged, stiff, strenuous, sweaty, tall, testing, toilsome, tough, uphill abstract, abstruse, complex, complicated, elusive, hairy, insoluble, intricate, involved, knotty, opaque, problematic(also problematical), recondite, serious, spiny, stubborn, thorny, ticklish, trickybruising, burdensome, exhausting, labored, onerous, oppressive, stressful, taxing, tight, tryingannoying, bothersome, distressing, irksome, troublesome, vexatiousgrievous, grim, strict, stringentbrutal, cruel, inhuman, painful cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding achievable, clear, doable, elementary, manageable, uncomplicatedcomforting, gentle, painless, relaxed, smooth, soothingaccessible, friendly, idiotproof, user-friendly severe, stern, austere, ascetic mean given to or marked by strict discipline and firm restraint.severe implies standards enforced without indulgence or laxity and may suggest harshness.severe military discipline stern stresses inflexibility and inexorability of temper or character.stern arbiters of public morality austere stresses absence of warmth, color, or feeling and may apply to rigorous restraint, simplicity, or self-denial.living an austere life in the country ascetic implies abstention from pleasure and comfort or self-indulgence as spiritual discipline.the ascetic life of the monks in 1548 |