Severe

Se`vere´

a.	1.	Serious in feeling 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. 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. 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.

Adj.	1.	severe - intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough" Synonyms: terrible, wicked
	2.	severe - very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow" Synonyms: knockout, hard
	3.	severe - severely simple; "a stark interior" Synonyms: austere, stark
	4.	severe - unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing" Synonyms: spartan, strict
	5.	severe - causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease" Synonyms: grievous, life-threatening, dangerous, grave, serious
	6.	severe - very bad in degree or extent; "a severe worldwide depression"; "the house suffered severe damage"

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