Word "SEVERE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
Synonyms:
spartan
Examples:
a parent severe to the pitch of hostility
a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
severely simple
Synonyms:
austere, stark, stern

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
Synonyms:
terrible, wicked
Examples:
severe pain
a severe case of flu

Crossword Clues for SEVERE

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Harsh The Sun Two Speed 01 Jul 2025
Hard to endure cut close to bone The Sun Two Speed 01 Jul 2025
Rigorous - harsh (6)
Strict, keeping always in quarters (6)
Really harsh USA Today 29 May 2025
Small woman about to be critic (6)
Serious cut on top of ear (6)
Hard to cut string (6)
Unpleasant, as weather Newsday 04 May 2025
Very harsh Commuter 25 Apr 2025
Harsh turn verse takes round end of rhyme (6)
Thunderstorm descriptor
Cut by a quarter? That's serious (6)
Strict or stern
Bad cut with end of knife The Times Quick Cryptic 26 Mar 2025
Acute or cute? (6)
Strict minister's retirement in view (6)
Strict Mirror Quick 14 Feb 2025
Harsh, always, in London area Mirror Cryptic 14 Feb 2025
It's hard, always to go in two directions at once! (6)
Reeves
Harsh to cut expenditure at either end (6)
Very harsh Commuter 01 Jan 2025
Extremely strict USA Today 31 Dec 2024
Harsh Thomas Joseph 20 Dec 2024
Sharp point given by cut (6)
Extreme and difficult to 28 down
Drastic, harsh
Difficult to endure cut close to bone The Sun Two Speed 27 Nov 2024
Harsh The Sun Two Speed 27 Nov 2024
Very bad, always in two directions (6)
Harsh The Sun Two Speed 16 Nov 2024
Grim at all times in southeast The Sun Two Speed 16 Nov 2024
Strict or rigorous (6)
Harsh; very strict (6)
Very strict Newsday 05 Nov 2024
Austere to cut energy (6)
Stern (6) Puzzler 31 Oct 2024
Always, in extremes of servitude, it's very hard (6)
Distressingly drastic
Always put between points! That's hard to endure, isn't it? (6)
Like dangerous thunderstorms
Harsh The Sun Two Speed 09 Oct 2024
Strict at all times in case of sabotage The Sun Two Speed 09 Oct 2024
Harsh The Sun Two Speed 02 Oct 2024
Strict at all times in southeast The Sun Two Speed 02 Oct 2024
Strict clergyman returned in the diocese (6)
Violent split over sweetheart The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Sep 2024
Strict, rigorous (6)
Strict, always, in extreme sense
Hard to see the minister retiring through it
Cut by a point ___ that's harsh (6)
Harsh The Sun Two Speed 02 Sep 2024
Difficult to endure cut close to bone The Sun Two Speed 02 Sep 2024
Harsh Commuter 02 Sep 2024
It's bitter always in the South-East (6)
Strict at all times within sensible limits The Sun Two Speed 27 Aug 2024
Harsh The Sun Two Speed 27 Aug 2024
Cut off energy? That's hard
Harsh The Sun Two Speed 16 Jul 2024
Hard to endure cut close to bone The Sun Two Speed 16 Jul 2024
It's hard to reverse, perhaps, without starting!
Harsh, ... punishment
It's hard to cut the string (6)
Very harsh USA Today 26 Jun 2024
It's hard to cut a key
Grave The Telegraph Quick 18 Jun 2024
Demanding cut, a quarter (6)
Hard to cut energy (6)
Strict clergyman turns up in the diocese (6)
Extreme The Telegraph Quick 06 Jun 2024
Cut over a quarter? That's harsh (6)
Almost all mountain cycling is hard to endure
Harsh cuts abruptly lead to economies
Harsh The Telegraph Quick 13 May 2024
It's tough and the girl's upset again by (6)
Cut last piece of tombstone for grave (6)
25 centigrade's close and hard to endure (6) The Guardian Cryptic 02 May 2024
They're very strict having us cut off from the East
Strict cut to the East End (6)
Historically, reeves could be harsh (6)
Very strict towards others
Harsh or very strict (6)
Harsh cut imposed on letter (6)
Drastic to cut off the east (6)
Very bad cut - he wants hospital (6)
Harsh Mirror Tea Time 11 Apr 2024
Hard to understand a clergyman's retiring in it
Harsh, like a storm USA Today 02 Apr 2024
Being always in extremes of solitude, is hard (6)
Cut over a quarter? That's serious
Harsh Commuter 25 Mar 2024
Cut letter sharp (6)
Intense Universal 09 Mar 2024
Being very strict, I am cut off at this point
Taxing 80% of 7 + 40% of 3? (6)
Sends Eve responses that are harsh inside (6)
Harsh Thomas Joseph 30 Jan 2024
Strict Mirror Classic 21 Jan 2024
Plain in style (6)
Dangerous at any time in the London area (6)
Harsh Mirror Tea Time 14 Dec 2023
Serious cut on end of nose The Times Quick Cryptic 13 Dec 2023
Plain in style, austere
Forbidding Steve & Rex to leave Texas (6)
Draconian Newsday 10 Nov 2023
Really bad New York Times 05 Nov 2023
Strict, harsh The Times Concise 30 Aug 2023
Stringent Thomas Joseph 19 Aug 2023
Stringent Thomas Joseph 27 May 2023
Grave Wall Street Journal 04 May 2023
Harsh to cut off electricity at first The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Mar 2023
Strict Thomas Joseph 17 Nov 2022
Showing no compassion at any time in Kent? The Guardian Cryptic 10 Nov 2022
Harsh Thomas Joseph 01 Oct 2022
Seriously bad USA Today 23 Sep 2022
Like harsh winters USA Today 18 Sep 2022
Tough being cute?
Tough being cute? The Guardian Cryptic 05 Sep 2022
Part requiring European to be intense The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Aug 2022
Very strict USA Today 25 Jul 2022
Strict at all times in South-east The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Jul 2022
Hard to endure energy cut at first The Telegraph Toughie 06 Jul 2022
Extreme and difficult to endure Irish Times Simplex 20 Jun 2022
Extreme and difficult to endure Irish Times Simplex 14 May 2022
Harsh Eugene Sheffer 07 May 2022
Extreme and difficult to endure Irish Times Simplex 23 Apr 2022
Extreme and difficult to endure Irish Times Simplex 20 Apr 2022
Extreme and difficult to endure Irish Times Simplex 30 Mar 2022
Harsh New York Times 09 Mar 2022
Stringent Thomas Joseph 19 Feb 2022
Extreme and difficult to endure Irish Times Simplex 18 Feb 2022
Really harsh Universal 02 Feb 2022
Extreme and difficult to endure Irish Times Simplex 20 Jan 2022
Extreme and difficult to endure Irish Times Simplex 03 Dec 2021
Extreme and difficult to endure Irish Times Simplex 19 Nov 2021
Extreme and difficult to endure Irish Times Simplex 30 Oct 2021
Acute; strict The Telegraph Quick 20 Oct 2021
Acute The Telegraph Quick 18 Oct 2021
Extreme and difficult to endure Irish Times Simplex 09 Oct 2021
Extreme and difficult to endure Irish Times Simplex 17 Sep 2021
Strong, as a storm LA Times Daily 14 Sep 2021
Harsh Thomas Joseph 14 Sep 2021
Strong, as a storm The Washington Post 14 Sep 2021
Very strict The Telegraph Quick 13 Sep 2021
Extreme and difficult to endure Irish Times Simplex 28 Aug 2021
Harsh, as a storm or criticism New York Times 23 Aug 2021
Harsh Thomas Joseph 16 Aug 2021
Demanding slice off European The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Aug 2021
Extreme and difficult to endure Irish Times Simplex 05 Aug 2021
Harsh to lop off eel's head The Telegraph Toughie 27 Jul 2021
It's tough to break it off with sweetheart Irish Times Crosaire 08 Jul 2021
Austere, harsh Irish Times Simplex 01 Jul 2021
Grievous New York Times 22 May 2021
Draconian Newsday 09 May 2021
Austere, harsh Irish Times Simplex 08 May 2021
Harsh The Sun Two Speed 13 Apr 2021
Difficult to endure cut close to bone The Sun Two Speed 13 Apr 2021
Extremely harsh LA Times Daily 12 Apr 2021
Extremely harsh The Washington Post 12 Apr 2021
Very strict Irish Times Simplex 25 Feb 2021
Violent split facing English The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Feb 2021
Harsh The Times Concise 17 Feb 2021
Overly extreme Newsday 13 Feb 2021
Drastic split ending in divorce
Drastic cut by base The Telegraph Toughie 21 Jan 2021
Acute The Telegraph Quick 07 Jan 2021
Hardly mild USA Today 11 Dec 2020
Extreme and difficult to endure Irish Times Simplex 05 Dec 2020
Grim at all times in southeast
Vacuous, some vague ramble gets you violent The Telegraph Toughie 24 Sep 2020
Very strict or serious Irish Times Simplex 05 Sep 2020
"There can be a ___ water shortage in the future" (extreme)
Hard to endure split, having touch of enmity
Strict, harsh The Times Concise 29 Jun 2020
Hard to translate verse? Easy at first
Cut energy, being harsh The Telegraph Cryptic 06 May 2020
Extreme Wall Street Journal 22 Apr 2020
Harsh LA Times Daily 29 Mar 2020
Harsh The Washington Post 29 Mar 2020
Notice enshrining remarkably short grave
It's tough to break it off with sweetheart Irish Times Crosaire 03 Feb 2020
Difficult to endure cut close to bone
Harsh The Telegraph Quick 05 Nov 2019
Harsh Thomas Joseph 04 Oct 2019
Serious cut close to ankle
Biting, cut close to bone
Governesses get rid of songs that can be intensely harsh Irish Times Crosaire 23 May 2019
Rigorous Newsday 12 May 2019
Demanding part, central character in Othello
Intense New York Times 08 May 2019
Strait-laced, stuck up in cashmere vestment
Strict at all times in case of sabotage
Unsparing and uncompromising Irish Times Simplex 05 Apr 2019
Extremely harsh Newsday 10 Mar 2019
Like Siberian winters USA Today 05 Mar 2019
Strait-laced, stuck up in cashmere vestment
Harsh, as winter weather Family Time 21 Jan 2019
Intense
Extreme
Like Siberian winters
Austere or strict Irish Times Simplex 15 Dec 2018
. Hard to dissolve marriage finally
Strict at all times within sensible limits The Sun Two Speed 27 Nov 2018
Stern or harsh The Sun Two Speed 27 Nov 2018
Extreme New York Times 26 Nov 2018
Like bad thunderstorms Universal 24 Nov 2018
Strict The Telegraph Quick 12 Oct 2018
Unforgiving Newsday 20 Sep 2018
Very bad cut on horse's rear
Harsh Newsday 01 Aug 2018
Strict The Sun Two Speed 05 Jun 2018
Hard to endure cut close to bone The Sun Two Speed 05 Jun 2018
Harsh, like a storm Family Time 13 May 2018
Cut energy -- that�s harsh The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Apr 2018
Draconian New York Times 06 Apr 2018
Hard to endure cut close to bone The Telegraph Toughie 21 Mar 2018
Like some reprimands Universal 24 Feb 2018
Like scary thunderstorms Universal 24 Jan 2018
Very harsh split ending in divorce
Like scary thunderstorms
Extreme
Draconian
Like bad thunderstorms
Like some reprimands
Strict clergyman has a setback in the diocese
Harsh hack back in vogue
Strict clergyman is elevated in diocese
Strict member of the clergy turned up in diocese
Very strict Newsday 07 Nov 2017
Hard cut to point
Always being in a corner is hard
Extremely difficult to endure Irish Times Simplex 03 Oct 2017
Harsh in manner Newsday 14 Aug 2017
Strict cut-off for Capital Expenditure Irish Times Crosaire 31 Jul 2017
Always in London area? Harsh! The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Jul 2017
Strict with reduced number joining regiment
Grave is end, leading to start of eternity? The Telegraph Toughie 25 Apr 2017
Verse in translation, initially extremely hard
Harsh energy cut earlier
It's ruthless to cut off energy Irish Times Crosaire 29 Oct 2016
Like some horrid weather Universal 07 Oct 2016
Harsh, strict Irish Times Simplex 06 Oct 2016
Harsh; very plain The Times Concise 07 Sep 2016
Strict or austere Irish Times Simplex 31 Aug 2016
Bad cut given by key
Cut off energy -- that's hard to endure The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Jun 2016
Intense The Telegraph Quick 18 Feb 2016
Unrelenting Spanish golfer on St Andrews' 6th and 7th
Drastic cut with energy reduced to a minimum The Times Cryptic 08 Feb 2016
Like some horrid weather
Harsh cut by end of empire The Sun Two Speed 23 Nov 2015
Arduous The Sun Two Speed 23 Nov 2015
Strict LA Times Daily 20 Nov 2015
Hard LA Times Daily 17 Oct 2015
Forbidding churchman set up in bishop's office
Stringent Thomas Joseph 15 Aug 2015
Harsh Wall Street Journal 17 Jul 2015
Demanding Newsday 11 Jul 2015
Hard always being in a corner
Drastic Canadiana 04 May 2015
Like subarctic winters LA Times Daily 15 Feb 2015
Demanding
Harsh
Hard
Harsh
Like subarctic winters
Strict
Grave
Harsh
Difficult to continue by backing out
Like some reprimands
Harshly extreme
Bad, as weather
Cut close to the stern
Like some winter weather
Intense
Rigorous
Unnecessarily extreme
Like many reprimands
Like some reprimands or thunderstorms
Harsh
Soldiers carrying spades seen by girl's grave
Very bad
Extreme
Taken to extremes
Acute
Like some thunderstorms
Acute
Hard to endure
Hard to endure
Like some winter weather
Like many reprimands
Overly demanding
Like many reprimands
Dire
Like winter in Buffalo
Like some winter weather
Weatherperson's adjective
Exacting
Like very bad weather
Like some weather
Weather word
Harsh
Like some thunderstorms
Like Arctic winters
Dire
Harsh
Acute
Difficult to endure
Grave
Difficult to endure
Dire
Like a bad headache
Harsh, as weather
Torrential
Like a bad headache
Grave
Really bad
Weather person's adjective
Unnecessarily extreme
Demanding
Like many reprimands
Extreme
Draconian
Harsh
Exacting
Unsparing
Stern
Extreme
Acute
Cut close to nose's hard to endure
Stern part that winds up audience
Like some thunderstorms
Rough
Intense
Merciless
Forbidding
Harsh
Unornamented
Harsh
Rigorous
Exacting
Hard
in the extreme
Stringent
Rigorous
Strict
Rigidly exact
Rugged
Censorious
Austere
Unornamented
Exacting
Harsh
Not light or cheerful.
Grave.
Merciless.
Austere.
Taxing.
Extremely plain in style.
Rigorous.
Hard to endure.
Unsparing.
Uncompromising.
Strait-laced.
Harsh.
Extreme.
Restrained.
Unornamented.
Harshly extreme.
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