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Detailed Translations for severe from English to French

severe:


Translation Matrix for severe:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
dur pushful man; stickler; tough fellow
fort castle; château; citadel; fort; fortification; fortified building; fortress; knight's castle; stronghold
sérieux seriousness; thoroughness
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- austere; dangerous; grave; grievous; hard; knockout; life-threatening; serious; spartan; stark; stern; terrible; wicked
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
difficile punish; severe; stiff aggravating; awkward; burdensome; critical; difficult; exacting; hard; heavy; incriminating; massive; painful; perilous; precarious; problematic; review; stiff; strenuous; tough; tricky; trying; worrisome
difficilement punish; severe; stiff awkward; burdensome; critical; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; problematic; stiff; tough; trying
dur inflexible; punish; severe; stern; stiff; strict abominable; abrasive; as hard as a nails; as hard as nails; as hard as rock; awkward; barbaric; brutal; burdensome; callous; critical; cruel; cutting; difficult; gruesome; hard; hard as iron; hard as steel; hard as stone; harsh; heartless; heavy; heinous; inhuman; inhumane; iron-hard; massive; merciless; nipping; pitiless; problematic; relentless; rock-hard; ruthless; sinewy; snappy; stiff; stone-hard; stringy; tough; trying
fort fierce; intense; severe; strong; violent aloud; at the top of one's voice; blatant; boisterous; burly; clamorous; considerable; considerably; eccentric; energetic; enormous; exceptional; extraordinary; extremely; fatty; fierce; firm; forceful; formidable; full of energy; generously; greasy; greatly; heavy; hefty; highly; immense; injurious; insulting; intense; lively; loud; loudly; lustily; massive; mighty; muscular; noisy; obese; offending; offensive; openly; out loud; particular; powerful; powerfully built; robust; showy; sizable; solid; special; spiced; spicy; spirited; stable; standing-on; staunch; stiff; stout; strong; sturdy; substantial; tough; tremendous; ultra; vehement; vigorous; violent; well built; wondrous
fortement fierce; intense; severe; strong; violent considerable; considerably; extremely; fierce; forceful; generously; heavy; highest; intense; massive; robust; sizable; substantial; tough; ultra; uppermost; vehement; violent
grave earnest; grave; serious; severe; sincere ceremonious; critical; dead earnest; grave; serious; solemn; stately; worrying
gravement earnest; grave; serious; severe; sincere demure; earnest; grave; sedate; serious; sincere; sober
intense fierce; intense; severe; strong; violent boisterousness; broiling; burning; conscientious; cutting; fierce; furious; heavy; intense; massive; meticulous; nipping; scalding; scrupulous; snappy; tempestuous; vehement; violent
intensément fierce; intense; severe; strong; violent fierce; heavy; intense; massive; vehement; violent
rigide inflexible; severe; stern; strict according to the rules; against the grain; cantankerous; conscientious; crabbed; crusty; cutting; exact; fixed; fossilised; fossilized; gruff; grumpy; immovable; inflexible; nagging; nipping; obstinate; petrified; precise; precisely; recalcitrant; rigid; set; snappy; star; stern; stiff; straight-backed; strict; stringent; stubborn; sullen; surly; unbending
rigoureusement inflexible; severe; stern; strict cutting; nipping; rigorous; snappy; stringent
rigoureux inflexible; severe; stern; strict accurate; accurately; binding; conscientious; cutting; exact; exactly; meticulous; nipping; precise; punctual; rigorous; snappy; stringent
rude inflexible; severe; stern; strict abominable; agressive; barbaric; bare; barren; brutal; cantankerous; crabbed; cruel; crusty; cutting; feral; gruesome; gruff; grumpy; hard; hard-handed; harsh; heinous; inhuman; inhumane; nagging; nipping; offensive; rigid; rough; snappy; sullen; surly; unbroken; untamed; violent; wild
sincère earnest; grave; serious; severe; sincere cordial; cordially; decent; deep; fair; frank; genuine; heart-felt; heartfelt; hearty; honest; meant; neat; open; outspoken; profound; proper; respectable; right; serious; sincere; sporting; straight; straightforward; true; truth-loving; truthful; upright; veracious; veridical; veritable; whole-hearted; wholehearted
strictement inflexible; severe; stern; strict according to the rules; cutting; nipping; snappy; strict
sérieusement earnest; grave; serious; severe; sincere earnest; grave; serious; sincere
sérieux earnest; grave; serious; severe; sincere critical; earnest; grave; reliable; serious; sincere; solid; sound; worrying
sévère inflexible; punish; severe; stern; stiff; strict cutting; nipping; rigorous; snappy; stringent
sévèrement inflexible; severe; stern; strict conscientious; cutting; exact; nipping; precise; snappy
vif fierce; intense; severe; strong; violent active; adroit; agile; agitated; alert; ardent; aroused; astute; bitter; boisterousness; bright; brisk; buoyant; busily engaged; bustling; busy; cheerful; clever; crafty; cutting; dapper; dexterous; dynamic; energetic; engaged; excited; expert; fashionable; fast; fierce; fledged; fluttered; full of joy; full of life; furious; garish; gay; glaring; handy; happy; heated; heavy; high-spirited; intense; jolly; keen; lively; massive; merry; morally strong; neat; nimble; nipping; occupied; passionate; perky; quick; rapid; resourceful; sharp; shrewd; shrill; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; snappy; snazzy; speedy; sprightly; spruce; spry; staring; stylish; swift; tempestuous; tied up; trendy; unquenched; unslaked; upbeat; vehement; vigorous; violent; vital; wily; worldly minded
vivement fierce; intense; severe; strong; violent active; alert; brisk; buoyant; bustling; cheerful; dynamic; energetic; fierce; full of joy; gay; happy; heavy; high-spirited; intense; jolly; lively; massive; merry; sprightly; upbeat; vehement; violent
véhément fierce; intense; severe; strong; violent ardent; boisterousness; enormous; fervent; fierce; furious; heated; immense; intense; passionate; tempestuous; tremendous; uncontrolled; violent

Related Words for "severe":

  • severeness, severely

Synonyms for "severe":


Related Definitions for "severe":

  1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm1
    • a severe case of pneumonia1
  2. very bad in degree or extent1
    • a severe worldwide depression1
    • the house suffered severe damage1
  3. unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment1
    • a parent severe to the pitch of hostility1
    • a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien1
  4. intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality1
    • severe pain1
    • a severe case of flu1
  5. severely simple1
  6. very strong or vigorous1
    • a severe blow1

Wiktionary Translations for severe:

severe
adjective
  1. austere
severe
adjective
  1. Qui est rigoureux pour le corps et qui mortifier les sens et l’esprit. — note Se dit surtout des doctrines et des pratiques religieux.
  2. Qui faire preuve de rigueur, qui est d’une sévérité inflexible.
  3. Qui est rigide, sans indulgence.

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
severe sérieux; considérable erheblich — beträchtlich, ins Gewicht fallend, wichtig, ernst
severe dur; dure harschWetter: rau, eisig
severe dur; solide; fort hart — mit großer Kraft
severe massif massivin Bezug auf unangenehme Dinge: sehr heftig