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severe

/sɪˈvɪə/

US pronunciation
American sound/sɪˈvɪə/
sɪˈvɪə
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

sɪ - ˈvɪə -> severe

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ပြင်းထန်သော။ မညှာသော။ ကြီးလေးသော။ အလွန်အကျွံ။ အကြီးအကျယ်။ အကြိတ်အနယ်။ ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန်။ ရိုးရိုးစင်းစင်း။

Full entry

severe /sÇ'vÇǝ(r)/ adj (-r , -st )

၁။ ~ (on/ with sb/ sth) ပြင်းထန်သော။ မညှာသော။ a severe look/ punishment/ measure ❍ a severe critic ❍ be severe with one's children ကလေး တွေကို မျက်နှာသာမပေးဘူး။ ❍ Was the judge too severe on her? တရားသူကြီးက သူ့ကို နည်းနည်းမျှ မညှာဘူးလား။
၂။ ပြင်းထန်သော။ ကြီးလေးသော။ အလွန်အကျွံ။ အကြီးအကျယ်။ a severe shortage ❍ suffer severe damage/ pain/ injuries ❍ severe frost/ gales ❍ a severe blow to her hopes ❍ The bomb threat caused severe disruption to flights from Heathrow.
၃။ အကြိတ်အနယ်။ ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန်။ a severe test of climbers' stamina ❍ severe competition for university places.
၄။ ရိုးရိုးစင်းစင်း။ She wore a severe suit of plain grey with a white blouse.
❏ severely adv ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန်။ အကြီးအကျယ်။ punish sb severely ❍ severely handicapped ❍ His reputation was severely damaged.
❏ severity /sÇ'verǝti/ n [U] ပြင်းထန်မှု။ the severity (ie extreme cold) of the winter ❍ The attacks continued with increasing severity.

More examples
  • Overcrowding in secondary schools is pretty severe.
  • The reforms have caused severe economic hardship for the poorest members of the population.
  • One of the passengers had suffered severe bruising and serious cuts.
  • Severe stomach pain
  • Severe thunderstorms are forecast for Tuesday night.
  • The country has come under severe criticism for its human rights record.
  • The most severe penalty he could get is ten years in prison.
  • [severe on] : She was equally severe on students who were late for class.
  • A severe expression
  • A severe hairstyle
  • They face a severe test of character against a vastly superior team.
Synonyms
harsh, stern, strict, cruel, brutal, ruthless, relentless, rigorous, difficult, Spartan, acute, add fuel, arduous, ascetic, astringent, austere, awful, biting, bitter, bleak, caustic, close, cold, consequential, critical, cutting, dangerous, dear, demanding, despotic, disapproving, distressing, domineering, dour, drastic, earnest, effortful, exacting, extreme, fierce, firm, flinty, forbidding, grave, grim, grinding, hard, hard-nosed, heat up, heating up, heavy, hefty, implacable, inclement, inconsiderate, inexorable, inflexible, intemperate, intensate, intense, intensify, iron-handed, mordant, obdurate, oppressive, overbearing, peremptory, pitiless, plain, pour it on, pour on, punishing, resolute, resolved, rigid, rugged, satirical, scathing, serious, set off, setting off, sharp, simple, sober, sore, stark, stiff, strait-laced, strenuous, stringent, taxing, terrible, tight-lipped, toilsome, tone up, tough, tyrannical, unadorned, unalterable, unbending, unchanging, uncompromising, undecorated, unembellished, unfeeling, unpleasant, unrelenting, unsmiling, unsparing, violent, weighty, wicked
Antonyms
amenable, bland, blunt, calm, compromising, dull, easy, easy-going, facile, friendly, gentle, happy, kind, light, mild, moderate, nice, ornate, peaceful, slight, slow, stupid, temperate, tender, trivial, unimportant, willing
Cross references
harshsternstrictcruelbrutalruthlessrelentlessrigorousdifficultSpartanacuteadd fuelarduousasceticastringentaustereawfulbitingbitterbleakcausticclosecoldconsequentialcriticalcuttingdangerousdear
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