Clues for the word "SEVERE"
We've had 100 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 223 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on July 22, 2026.
Definition of severe
- superl. - Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.
- superl. - Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment.
- superl. - Rigidly methodical, or adherent to rule or principle; exactly conformed to a standard; not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; -- said of style, argument, etc.
- superl. - Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold.
- superl. - Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test.
Referring Clues
- Exacting
- Harsh
- Forbidding
- Like some thunderstorms
- Acute
- Stern
- Demanding
- Torrential
- Draconian
- Dire
- Like very bad weather
- Overly demanding
- Like some reprimands
- Like winter in Buffalo
- Like some winter weather
- Like many reprimands
- Weatherperson's adjective
- Like some weather
- Like arctic winters
- Hard to endure
- Very bad
- Stringent
- Taken to extremes
- Harshly extreme
- Punishing
- Strict
- Acute, as pain
- Like some reprimands or thunderstorms
- Unnecessarily extreme
- Very bad in degree
- Rigorous
- Intense
- Bad, weatherwise
- Like an intense storm
- Critical
- Bad, as weather
- Like subarctic winters
- Drastic
- Hard
- Like Siberian winters
- Like some horrid weather
- Harsh in manner
- Excruciating
- Very strict
- Like scary thunderstorms
- Extreme
- Formal - unsmiling
- Arduous - dangerous
- Austere
- Strict clergyman is elevated in diocese
- It's hard to cut a key
- Hard to see the minister retiring through it
- Harsh - extreme
- Hard always being in a corner
- Strict clergyman has a setback in the diocese
- Very strict in making separate point
- Desperate, permanently in Kent
- Disconnect electricity? Initially that's dangerous!
- Cut by a quarter? That's serious
- Harsh cut with end of knife
- Being always in extremes of solitude, is hard
- Grim
- Where vessel in reverse shows stern
- Trying to divorce partner
- Strict with reduced number joining regiment
- Cut off ear first? That's harsh
- Forceful as always in the south-east
- Strict, harsh
- It's hard always in the southeast
- Harsh cut close to Yuletide
- Very bad cut on base of spine
- Dangerous to cut wire, ultimately
- Cruel cut ending in divorce
- It's hard to reverse, perhaps, without starting!
- Harsh, like a storm
- Cut off energy? That's hard
- Unforgiving
- It's hard to cut the string
- Harsh, as winter weather
- Always, in extremes of servitude, it's very hard
- Extremely harsh
- Hard to understand a clergyman's retiring in it
- Serious cut close to ankle
- Strict or harsh
- Harsh, strict
- More exacting than ever
- The girl's been stood up again and that's tough
- It's hard to understand a clergyman's retiring in it
- Hardly mild
- Grievous
- Very austere
- Harsh, as a storm or criticism
- Strong, as a storm
- Distressingly drastic
- Like harsh winters
- Seriously bad
- Really bad
- Very harsh
- Extremely strict
- It's hard, always to go in two directions at once!
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - July 22, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - July 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - May 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 30, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 27, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 16, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 06, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - February 27, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 31, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 04, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - June 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 12, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - April 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - March 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 09, 2025
- USA Today - December 31, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 20, 2024
- Mirror Mini - October 23, 2024
- Daily American - October 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - September 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 06, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 04, 2024
- USA Today - June 26, 2024
- And in 193 more crossword puzzles...