| severe | | |
| adj. | 1. severe, terrible, wicked | intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality.; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough" |
| ~ intense | possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree.; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense" |
| adj. | 2. hard, knockout, severe | very strong or vigorous.; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow" |
| ~ strong | having strength or power greater than average or expected.; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man" |
| adj. | 3. austere, severe, stark, stern | severely simple.; "a stark interior" |
| ~ plain | not elaborate or elaborated; simple.; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" |
| adj. | 4. severe, spartan | unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment.; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing" |
| ~ nonindulgent, strict | characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint. |
| adj. | 5. dangerous, grave, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe | causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm.; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease" |
| ~ critical | being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency.; "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage" |
| adj. | 6. severe | very bad in degree or extent.; "a severe worldwide depression"; "the house suffered severe damage" |
| ~ bad | having undesirable or negative qualities.; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" |
| stern | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. after part, poop, quarter, stern, tail | the rear part of a ship. |
| ~ escutcheon | (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed. |
| ~ back, rear | the side that goes last or is not normally seen.; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" |
| ~ ship | a vessel that carries passengers or freight. |
| ~ skeg | a brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost. |
| n. (person) | 2. isaac stern, stern | United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920). |
| ~ russia, soviet union, union of soviet socialist republics, ussr | a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991. |
| ~ fiddler, violinist | a musician who plays the violin. |
| n. (body) | 3. arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" |
| ~ body part | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity. |
| ~ torso, trunk, body | the body excluding the head and neck and limbs.; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" |
| adj. | 4. austere, stern | of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect.; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" |
| ~ nonindulgent, strict | characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint. |
| adj. | 5. grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting | not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty.; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" |
| ~ implacable | incapable of being placated.; "an implacable enemy" |
| adj. | 6. exacting, stern, strict | severe and unremitting in making demands.; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" |
| ~ demanding | requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill.; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding" |
| restrict | | |
| v. (change) | 1. curb, curtail, cut back, restrict | place restrictions on.; "curtail drinking in school" |
| ~ circumscribe, confine, limit | restrict or confine,.; "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" |
| ~ abridge | lessen, diminish, or curtail.; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression" |
| ~ immobilise, immobilize | cause to be unable to move.; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic" |
| v. (social) | 2. restrict | place under restrictions; limit access to.; "This substance is controlled" |
| ~ classify | declare unavailable, as for security reasons.; "Classify these documents" |
| ~ taboo | declare as sacred and forbidden. |
| ~ scant, skimp | limit in quality or quantity. |
| ~ localise, localize | restrict something to a particular area. |
| ~ curb, control, hold in, contain, moderate, check, hold | lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" |
| v. (change) | 3. bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel | place limits on (extent or access).; "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" |
| ~ tighten, reduce | narrow or limit.; "reduce the influx of foreigners" |
| ~ tie | limit or restrict to.; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports" |
| ~ gate | restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment. |
| ~ draw a line, draw the line | reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on).; "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!" |
| ~ mark off, mark out | set boundaries to and delimit.; "mark out the territory" |
| ~ harness, rein, rule | keep in check.; "rule one's temper" |
| ~ baffle, regulate | check the emission of (sound). |
| ~ hamper, cramp, halter, strangle | prevent the progress or free movement of.; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" |
| ~ tighten up, constrain, stiffen, tighten | restrict.; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" |
| ~ clamp down, crack down | repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable).; "The police clamped down on illegal drugs" |
| ~ inhibit | limit the range or extent of.; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs" |
| ~ constrain, cumber, encumber, restrain | hold back. |
| ~ curb, control, hold in, contain, moderate, check, hold | lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" |
| v. (change) | 4. qualify, restrict | make more specific.; "qualify these remarks" |
| ~ modify | make less severe or harsh or extreme.; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" |
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