| Main Entry: | severe |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncompromising, stern |
Synonyms: |
astringent, austere, biting, caustic, close, cold, cruel, cutting, disapproving, dour, earnest, firm, flinty, forbidding, grave, grim, hard, hard-nosed, harsh, inconsiderate, inexorable, inflexible, iron-handed, obdurate, oppressive, peremptory, pitiless, relentless, resolute, resolved, rigid, satirical, scathing, serious, sober, stern, stiff*, strait-laced, strict, tight-lipped, unalterable, unbending, unchanging, unfeeling, unrelenting, unsmiling, unsparing |
Antonyms: |
amenable, compromising, easy-going, friendly, willing |
| Main Entry: | severe |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, harsh |
Synonyms: |
acute, arduous, ascetic, austere, bitter, bleak, consequential, critical, dangerous, dear, demanding, despotic, distressing, domineering, drastic, effortful, exacting, extreme, fierce, forbidding, grave, grim, grinding, hard, heavy, hefty, implacable, inclement, intemperate, intense, mordant, oppressive, overbearing, pitiless, punishing, rigorous, rugged, serious, sharp, sore, strenuous, stringent, taxing, toilsome, tough, tyrannical, unpleasant, unrelenting, violent, weighty, wicked |
Antonyms: |
calm, easy, facile, mild, temperate |
| Main Entry: | accurate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | precise |
Synonyms: |
authentic, careful, close, concrete, correct, defined, definite, deft, detailed, discriminating, discriminative, distinct, exact, explicit, factual, faithful, genuine, judicious, just, literal, matter-of-fact, methodical, meticulous, on the button, on the money, on the nose, particular, proper, punctilious, punctual, regular, right, rigid, rigorous, scientific, scrupulous, severe, sharp, skillful, solid, specific, strict, systematic, true, ultraprecise, unerring, unmistakable, veracious |
Antonyms: |
careless, faulty, inaccurate, lax, vague |
| Main Entry: | acute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very important |
Synonyms: |
afflictive, critical, crucial, dangerous, decisive, desperate, dire, essential, grave, serious, severe, sudden, urgent, vital |
| Notes: | acute is used for a sudden onset and short duration; chronic is for conditions that are slow to develop and of long duration acute is an angle of less than 90 degrees; obtuse is one of more than 90 degrees chronic is contrasted with acute as chronic pain persists over a longer period of time than acute pain and is resistant to most medical treatments |
Antonyms: |
not serious, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | acute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | severe, intense |
Synonyms: |
cutting, distressing, excruciating, exquisite, fierce, keen, overpowering, overwhelming, piercing, poignant, powerful, racking, severe, sharp, shooting, stabbing, sudden, violent |
| Main Entry: | ambitious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | requiring great effort, ability |
Synonyms: |
arduous, bold, challenging, demanding, difficult, elaborate, energetic, exacting, formidable, grandiose, hard, impressive, industrious, lofty, pretentious, severe, strenuous, visionary |
Antonyms: |
easy, facile |
| Main Entry: | arduous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, hard to endure |
Synonyms: |
backbreaking, burdensome, exhausting, fatiguing, formidable, grueling, harsh, heavy, labored, laborious, murder, no picnic, onerous, painful, punishing, rigorous, rough, severe, strenuous, taxing, tiring, toilsome, tough, troublesome, trying, uphill |
Antonyms: |
easy, facile, motivating |
| Main Entry: | austere |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grim, barren |
Synonyms: |
bald, bare, bare-bones, bleak, clean, dour, plain, primitive, rustic, severe, simple, spare, spartan, stark, subdued, unadorned, unembellished, vanilla |
Antonyms: |
extravagant, luxurious |
| Main Entry: | authoritarian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domineering |
Synonyms: |
absolute, authoritative, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, disciplinarian, doctrinaire, dogmatic, harsh, imperious, magisterial, rigid, severe, strict, totalitarian, tyrannical, unyielding |
Antonyms: |
democratic, liberal |
| Main Entry: | bald |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simple, unadorned |
Synonyms: |
austere, bare, blunt, direct, downright, forthright, outright, plain, severe, straight, straightforward, unembellished |
Antonyms: |
adorned, decorated |