drastic
/ˈdɹæs.tɪk/UK/ˈdrɑːstɪk/
drastic adjective: having a strong or far-reaching effect; extreme, severe.
Adjective
drastic (comparative more drastic, superlative most drastic)
- Having a strong or far-reaching effect; extreme, severe.
- If our third attempt fails, we may need drastic ideas.
- Mister Crowley, won't you ride my white horse?
Mister Crowley, it's symbolic of course
Approaching a time that is classic
I hear that maiden's call
Approaching a time that is drastic
Standing with their backs to the wall1981, Ozzy Osbourne, “Mr. Crowley”, in Blizzard of Ozz, performed by Ozzy Osbourne
- Synonyms:
- draconian
- Acting rapidly or violently.
- Great statesmen err, and why not small medical men? Mr. Wrench did not neglect sending the usual white parcels, which this time had black and drastic contents. Their effect was not alleviating to poor Fred [...]1871-72, George Eliot, Middlemarch
Noun
drastic (plural drastics)
drastic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
drastic in Hindi
- drastic, fatal
- कारी kārī
drastic in Tamil
- கடுமையான, கண்டிப்பான, முனைத்த
drastic in Urdu
- انتہائی, سخت, شدید
drastic in Bengali
- চরম, কঠোর
More languagesFewer languages
- drastic in Malayalam
- കടുത്ത, കർക്കശമായ, വീര്യമുള്ള, ഗുരുതരമായ
- drastic in Kannada
- ಕರಕಟ, ಬಿರುಸಿನ, ಉರುಬಿನ, ತೀವ್ರ ಪರಿಣಾಮದ
- drastic in Indonesian
- drastis
Examples of drastic in a sentence
- Because of vote buying, the election process in Nan-t'ou County underwent a drastic change overnight.
- In this seething cauldron of drastic change, what of the historical society?
- Xuthus' exit has sharpness and rhetorical wit, with the inconcinne construction making the second line a drastic, even sarcastic aprosdoketon.
Synonyms of drastic
Forms of drastic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more drastic |
| superlative | most drastic |
| alternative form | drastick |
| Noun | |
| plural | drastics |
Origin of drastic
From Ancient Greek δραστικός (drastikós, “active, efficient”), from δρᾶσις (drâsis, “strength, efficacy”), itself from δράω (dráō, “to do”).
Words formed from drastic
Words that rhyme with drastic
- plastic
- elastic
- fantastic
- bombastic
- mastic
- spastic
- heteroplastic
- inelastic
- periphrastic
- pleonastic
- aclastic
- alloplastic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- anaclastic
- anaplastic
- anticlastic
- aplastic
- autoplastic
- basiplastic
- ceroplastic
- chiastic
- clastic
- cosmoplastic
- encomiastic
- enthusiastic
- epispastic
- gelastic
- gymnastic
- heteroblastic
- holophrastic
- homoblastic
- homoplastic
- macroplastic
- normoplastic
- onomastic
- paraphrastic
- sarcastic
- synclastic
- achondroplastic
- agelastic
- antineoplastic
- antiphrastic
- antispastic
- apicoplastic
- autoschediastic
- cataclastic
- chiliastic
- conplastic
- cranioplastic
- docimastic
- dramastic
- dynastic
- dysplastic
- ecclesiastic
- ectoblastic
- ectoplastic
- electroplastic
- emplastic
- epiblastic
- epinastic
- esemplastic
Questions about drastic
- What does drastic mean?
- Drastic means having a strong or far-reaching effect; extreme, severe.
- What is drastic in Hindi?
- Drastic in Hindi is कारी (kārī). See Drastic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is drastic?
- Drastic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce drastic?
- Drastic is pronounced /ˈdɹæs.tɪk/.
Words near drastic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: drastic (page history and authors); कारी (Hindi) (page history and authors); drastic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); drastic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Drastic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); drastic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); drastic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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