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seveare

seveare is the obsolete spelling of severe.

Meaning of severe

Adjective

severe (comparative severer or more severe, superlative severest or most severe)

  1. Very bad or intense.
    • In the severer cases of hookworm the patient sometimes has an appetite for soil, paper, hair, clay, chalk, starch, and other unpalatables.1934, Your Germs and Mine, page 295
    Synonyms:
    extreme, intense, acute
    Antonyms:
    mild, minor
  2. Strict or harsh.
    • a severe taskmaster
    Antonyms:
    lenient
  3. Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
    • a severe old maiden aunt

See all 4 meanings of severe

Forms of seveare

comparativesevearer
superlativesevearest

Questions about seveare

What is seveare the obsolete spelling of?
Seveare is the obsolete spelling of severe.

Words near seveare in the dictionary

  1. Sevatian
  2. Sevcik
  3. Sevciks
  4. sevdalinka
  5. sevdalinkas
  6. seveare
  7. sevearer
  8. sevearest
  9. sevelamer
  10. seven
  11. seven and a half

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