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Results for: "severe"

Translating from English to Walloon

Translations:

severe — very bad or intense
→ grave
→ deur
severe — strict or harsh
→ sévère
→ deur

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


ADJECTIVE (6)

1. intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality;
- Example: "severe pain"
- Example: "a severe case of flu"
- Example: "a terrible cough"
- Example: "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"
- Example: "a wicked cough"
[syn: severe, terrible, wicked]

2. very strong or vigorous;
- Example: "strong winds"
- Example: "a hard left to the chin"
- Example: "a knockout punch"
- Example: "a severe blow"
[syn: hard, knockout, severe]

3. severely simple;
- Example: "a stark interior"
[syn: austere, severe, stark, stern]

4. unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment;
- Example: "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells
- Example: "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"
- Example: "a strict disciplinarian"
- Example: "a Spartan upbringing"
[syn: severe, spartan]

5. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;
- Example: "a dangerous operation"
- Example: "a grave situation"
- Example: "a grave illness"
- Example: "grievous bodily harm"
- Example: "a serious wound"
- Example: "a serious turn of events"
- Example: "a severe case of pneumonia"
- Example: "a life-threatening disease"
[syn: dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening]

6. very bad in degree or extent;
- Example: "a severe worldwide depression"
- Example: "the house suffered severe damage"