İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. fazla ciddi; haşin, şiddetli, sert; severity şiddet, severely şiddetle, severeness, sade/zorlu/katı/sert, sertlik, kasvetli.
2. Önem. önem. önem, şiddet, ciddiyet. i.
3. sertlik; haşinlik; katılık.
4. (ağrıya ait) şiddet.
5. (zarara ait) büyüklük.
6. zorluk, güçlük.
7. sadelik, yalınlık. siddet, sertlik. önem,şiddet. önem. i.
8. sadelik, yalınlık. şiddet, önemlilik. önem. onem, vahamet. sertlik, şiddet, ağırlık, ciddiyet, sadelik.
9. severeness.
10. siddet. sertlik. önem (derecesi).
11. önem. şiddet. sertlik. güçlük. zorluk. zapr.
12. şiddet, önem.

Etymology : Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin severus
Pronunciation : s&-'vir
Function : adjective
Date : 1548

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1. seriousness; acuteness; difficulty, rigorousness; simplicity, plainness; harshness, strictness. severity\se*ver"i*ty\ , n.; pl. severities (#). [l. severitas: cf. f. sévérité.] the quality or state of being severe. specifically: (a) gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties. "strict age, and sour severity." (b) the quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter. (c) harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war. (d) exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test. confining myself to the severity of truth.severity n.
2. used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather [syn: badness].
3. something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" [syn: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, rigorousness].
4. excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" [syn: harshness, rigor, rigour, inclemency, hardness, stiffness].
5. The quality or state of being severe.
6. Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties.
7. The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter.
8. Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war.
9. Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test. excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp".
10. Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.
11. Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment.
12. 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.
13. Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold.
14. Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test. very bad in degree or extent; "a severe worldwide depression"; "the house suffered severe damage" unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "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" intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough".