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severe

severe - adjective

Rigorous and unsparing in treating others: demanding, exacting, hard, harsh, rigid, stern, strict, tough, unyielding. See easy.
Cold and forbidding: austere, bleak, dour, grim, hard, harsh, stark. See attitude. hot.
Causing sharp, often prolonged discomfort: bitter, brutal, hard, harsh, rough. See comfort.
Conveying great physical force: hard, heavy, hefty, powerful. See big.
Having great consequence or weight: earnest, grave, heavy, momentous, serious, weighty. See important.
Causing or marked by danger or pain, for example: dangerous, grave, grievous, serious. See help.
Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength: arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, exigent, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, rough, taxing, tough, trying, weighty. See heavy.