Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #242 of 1319

severe (adj.)

very serious or harsh

Examples

  • Severe weather.

Key rules

  • Severe means very serious or harsh
  • Severe weather, severe pain
  • Severely is the adverb

Common mistakes

  • The pain is severely → The pain is severe

Use cases

  • Describing weather
  • Describing injury
  • Discussing punishments
💡 Tip: Severe is stronger than bad; extreme is close.
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