1. severe - Adjective
3. severe - Adjective Satellite
4. Severe - Proper noun
Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.
Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment.
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.
Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold.
Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared. Niccolò Machiavelli
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity. Calvin Coolidge
The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form? Dag Hammarskjöld
The pardon may be more severe than the penalty. Norwegian Proverb
He who starts his work early enough is neither hit by the severe sun heat nor the burning sand. African Proverb
Justice is exercised in the proper prevention, rather than in the severe punishment, of crime. Latin Proverb