Reverse Dictionary: SEVERE

ADJECTIVES
► ACID biting, severe, unpleasant → L18
► ALL-FIRED extreme, severe → 1835 Amer. dial.
► ASPRE harsh to the feelings; bitter, cruel, severe → c1374 obs.
► CHARGEOUS burdensome; expensive, costly; troublesome, severe, oppressive → 1380 obs.
► CHRONIC bad, intense, severe, objectionable → 1861
► DANGEROUS difficult or awkward to deal with; haughty, arrogant; rigorous, hard, severe; the opposite of affable → a1225 obs.
► DARK severe → 1926 Amer. dial.
► DEAR ► DERE hard, severe, heavy, grievous; dire, fell → a1000 arch.
► DRACONIAN extremely harsh and cruel, rigorous, severe → 1876 
► DRACONIC extremely harsh and cruel; rigorous, severe → 1708 
► ELDRITCH surly, severe in temper and manner; of weather: chill, keen → 1825 Sc. obs.
► FIERCE terrible, disagreeable in the extreme; extremely bad or severe → 1907 Amer. dial.
► HARD-HANDED ruling with a firm or cruel hand; forceful, severe → 1611 
► HASKY ill-natured, harsh, severe → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HATEL full of hatred; malignant, hostile; severe, cruel; fierce, bitter → a850 obs.
► HEARTLY vigorous, severe, sore → a1400 obs.
► HEAVY of persons: oppressive; troublesome, annoying; angry; severe, violent → c825 obs.
► HELLACIOUS extraordinarily good; bad, intense, violent, severe, etc. → 1929 Amer. sl.
► HELL-FIRED extreme, severe → 1833 Amer. dial.
► HETER ► HETTER rough; fierce, violent, cruel; severe; keen, eager → a1400-50 obs.
► IMPORTUNE troublesome, burdensome; vexatious; grievous, heavy, severe, exacting → c1400 obs.
► INEXORABLE unable to be moved or be persuaded to entreaty or request (esp. for mercy); rigidly severe, immovable, relentless → M16
► IRON-FACE stern, obdurate, cruel, severe → 1892 Chinese Pidgin (Bk.)
► LUNGEOUS rough at play; cruel; unnecessarily severe in chastising children → 1787 Eng. dial. 
► PAINOUS painful; severe → c1400 obs.
► RAGGLISH ► RAGLISH severe, harsh → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► RIGORIOUS fierce, stern, severe → 1509 obs.
► SALT severe, painful → 1895 Sc.
► SARTAIN stern, severe; steadfast → .1887 Eng. dial.
► SIDE severe or hard upon one → 1825 Sc.
► SMART of pain, sorrow, etc.: sharp, keen, painful, severe → c1300 
► SOLID severe, difficult, unfair, unreasonable → 1915 Aust. & NZ sl.
► TART harsh, severe → 1893 Eng. dial.
► TAUT of persons: strict, severe → 1905 Sc.
► TETRICOUS sour in countenance; austere, severe, harsh, crabbed, perverse, morose → 1727 obs.
► TYRANNOUS unjustly severe or cruel, pitiless → 1556 
► VENGEABLE very great, severe, strong, intense → 1532 obs.
► VENGIBLE grievous, severe → 1601 obs.
► WICKED distressingly severe, as cold, pain, wounds, etc. → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► YARKING severe → 1896 Sc.
► YETERIE ► YETRIE severe, excessive, tormenting → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
► CRUEL severely; extremely hard → 1937 UK sl.
► CRUELLY severely; extremely hard → 1937 UK sl.
► EAGERLY sharply, pungently, keenly; violently, harshly, severely → 1377 obs.
► FEARSOME powerfully, severely → 1942 Amer. dial.
► HARK FROM THE TOMB with great severity; at full tilt → 1851 Amer. dial.
► HEAVYINGLY heavily, severely → 1434 obs.
► LIKE THE DEVIL BEATING TANBARK very fast, vigorously, severely → 1851 Amer. dial.
► TIGHTISH severely, smartly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIGHTLY severely, sharply → 1863 Sc. & Eng. dial. 

NOUNS
► EXTREMITY extreme severity or rigour → a1500 obs.
► FELLNESS fierceness, harshness, savagery; cruelty; malignity; also, sternness, severity → c1410 obs.
► HARDLAIK hardship, harshness, severity → c1400 obs.
► HARK FROM THE TOMB something severe; a severe scolding or admonition → .c1960 Amer. dial.
► RADDOUR severity, harshness, harsh treatment → a1400-50 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
► SMARTHEAD severity; harshness → a1400 obs.
► SMELLER anything remarkable for exceptional violence, severity, strength, etc. → 1898 

NOUNS – PERSON
► BANBURY MAN a Puritan; a bigot; a sour or severe man; a hypocrite → 1889 obs. (Bk.)
► MISS FROSTY PANTS a severe person → 1970 US sl.

VERBS
► SCOURGE to exercise great severity; to act as a hard taskmaster → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)