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.
A surname.
From Middle French, from Latin severus (“severe, serious, grave in demeanor”).
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Strict or harsh.
a severe taskmaster
Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
a severe old maiden aunt