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Adjective severe has 6 senses
- severe, terrible, wicked - 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"
Antonym: mild (indirect, via intense)
- hard, knockout, severe - very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"
Antonym: weak (indirect, via strong)
- austere, severe, stark - severely simple; "a stark interior"
Antonym: fancy (indirect, via plain)
- severe, spartan, strict - 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"
Antonym: indulgent (indirect, via nonindulgent)
- dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening - 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"
Antonyms: noncritical, noncrucial (indirect, via critical)
- severe - very bad in degree or extent; "a severe worldwide depression"; "the house suffered severe damage"
Antonym: good (indirect, via bad)
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