Severity

Definition

severe /sÇ'vÇǝ(r)/ adj ( -r , -st ) ၁။ ~ (on/ with sb/ sth) ျပင္းထန္ေသာ။ မညႇာေသာ။ a severe look/ punishment/ measure ❍ a severe critic ❍ be severe with one's children ကေလး ေတြကို မ်က္ႏွာသာမေပးဘူး။ ❍ Was the judge too severe on her? တရားသူႀကီးက သူ႕ကို နည္းနည္းမွ် မညႇာဘူးလား။ ၂။ ျပင္းထန္ေသာ။ ႀကီးေလးေသာ။ အလြန္အကြၽံ။ အႀကီးအက်ယ္။ 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။ အႀကိတ္အနယ္။ ျပင္းျပင္းထန္ထန္။ a severe test of climbers' stamina ❍ severe competition for university places. ၄။ ႐ိုး႐ိုးစင္းစင္း။ She wore a severe suit of plain grey with a white blouse. ❏ severely adv ျပင္းျပင္းထန္ထန္။ အႀကီးအက်ယ္။ punish sb severely ❍ severely handicapped ❍ His reputation was severely damaged. ❏ severity /sÇ'verǝti/ n [U] ျပင္းထန္မႈ။ the severity (ie extreme cold) of the winter ❍ The attacks continued with increasing severity.

Examples

1. Overcrowding in secondary schools is pretty severe.
2. The reforms have caused severe economic hardship for the poorest members of the population.
3. One of the passengers had suffered severe bruising and serious cuts.
4. Severe stomach pain
5. Severe thunderstorms are forecast for Tuesday night.
6. The country has come under severe criticism for its human rights record.
7. The most severe penalty he could get is ten years in prison.
8. [severe on] : She was equally severe on students who were late for class.
9. A severe expression
10. A severe hairstyle
11. They face a severe test of character against a vastly superior team.