Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: ernstige
- Amharic: ጽኑ
- Arabic: شديد
- Azerbaijani: ağır
- Bashkir: ауыр
- Belarusian: цяжкія
- Bulgarian: тежки
- Bengali: গুরুতর
- Bosnian: teške
- Catalan: greu
- Cebuano: grabe
- Czech: závažné
- Welsh: difrifol
- Danish: svær
- German: schwere
- Greek: σοβαρή
- Esperanto: severa
- Spanish: grave
- Estonian: raske
- Basque: larria
- Persian: شدید
- Finnish: vakavia
- French: grave
- Irish: dian
- Scottish Gaelic: miosa
- Galician: grave
- Gujarati: ગંભીર
- Hebrew: חמור
- Hindi: गंभीर
- Croatian: teška
- Haitian: grav
- Hungarian: súlyos
- Armenian: ծանր
- Indonesian: parah
- Icelandic: alvarlegum
- Italian: grave
- Japanese: 厳しい
- Javanese: abot
- Georgian: მძიმე
- Kazakh: ауыр
- Khmer: ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ
- Kannada: ತೀವ್ರ
- Korean: 심한
- Kyrgyz: оор
- Latin: gravi
- Luxembourgish: schwéier
- Lao: ຮ້າຍແຮງ
- Lithuanian: sunkus
- Latvian: smagas
- Malagasy: mafy
- Mari: неле
- Maori: kino
- Macedonian: тешка
- Malayalam: കഠിനമായ
- Mongolian: хүнд
- Marathi: तीव्र
- Hill Mari: нелӹ
- Malay: teruk
- Maltese: sever
- Burmese: ပြင်းထန်
- Nepali: गंभीर
- Dutch: ernstige
- Norwegian: alvorlig
- Punjabi: ਗੰਭੀਰ
- Papiamento: grave
- Polish: ciężkie
- Portuguese: grave
- Romanian: severe
- Russian: тяжелые
- Sinhalese: දැඩි
- Slovak: ťažká
- Slovenian: hudo
- Albanian: të rënda
- Serbian: тешке
- Sundanese: parna
- Swedish: svår
- Swahili: kali
- Tamil: கடுமையான
- Telugu: తీవ్రమైన
- Tajik: вазнин
- Thai: อย่างรุนแรง
- Tagalog: malubhang
- Turkish: ağır
- Tatar: авыр
- Udmurt: секыт
- Ukrainian: важкі
- Urdu: شدید
- Uzbek: og'ir
- Vietnamese: nghiêm trọng
- Xhosa: buhlungu
- Yiddish: שטרענג
- Chinese: 严重
Synonyms, close and similar words for severe
- austere
- rigorous
- unforgiving
- serious
- solemn
- strict
- stringent
- harsh
- stark
- inclement
- steely
- exacting
- brutal
- cruel
- murderous
- inhuman
- oppressive
- excruciating
- rigid
- hard
- arduous
- laborious
- flinty
- sorest
- gruff
- uphill
- stern
- heavy
- extreme
- fierce
- violent
- dangerous
- tough
- stiff
- rough
- strong
- difficult
- grievous
- weighty
- rugged
- trying
- sweaty
- toilsome
- tall
- grave
- earnest
- dour
- grim
- humorless
- dire
- formidable
- terrible
- severe shortage
- acute shortage
- intense
- strenuous
- bitter
- grueling
- backbreaking
- burdensome
- onerous
- sober
- forbidding
- gruelling
- spartan