Synonyms: dangerous, grave, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe
Definition: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
Usage: a dangerous operation; a grave situation; a grave illness; grievous bodily harm; a serious wound; a serious turn of events; a severe case of pneumonia; a life-threatening disease
Similar words: critical
Definition: being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
Usage: a critical shortage of food; a critical illness; an illness at the critical stage
Synonyms: severe
Definition: very bad in degree or extent
Usage: a severe worldwide depression; the house suffered severe damage
Similar words: bad
Definition: having undesirable or negative qualities
Usage: a bad report card; his sloppy appearance made a bad impression; a bad little boy; clothes in bad shape; a bad cut; bad luck; the news was very bad; the reviews were bad; the pay is bad; it was a bad light for reading; the movie was a bad choice
Definition: unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
Usage: a parent severe to the pitch of hostility- H.G.Wells; a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien; a strict disciplinarian; a Spartan upbringing
Similar words: nonindulgent, strict
Definition: characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
Synonyms: severe, terrible, wicked
Definition: intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
Usage: severe pain; a severe case of flu; a terrible cough; under wicked fire from the enemy's guns; a wicked cough
Similar words: intense
Definition: possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
Usage: intense heat; intense anxiety; intense desire; intense emotion; the skunk's intense acrid odor; intense pain; enemy fire was intense
Synonyms: stern, austere, stark, severe
Definition: severely simple
Usage: a stark interior
Similar words: plain
Definition: not elaborate or elaborated; simple
Usage: plain food; stuck to the plain facts; a plain blue suit; a plain rectangular brick building
Synonyms: knockout, hard, severe
Definition: very strong or vigorous
Usage: strong winds; a hard left to the chin; a knockout punch; a severe blow
Similar words: strong
Definition: having strength or power greater than average or expected
Usage: a strong radio signal; strong medicine; a strong man