Vocabulary
Severe
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
(of something bad or undesirable) very great; intense.
Urdu meaning
شدید، سخت ناگوار، بہت سخت
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- A critical study conducted at the hospital in collaboration with Erasmus University in the Netherlands found that 64 per cent of severe bites in Karachi tested positive for the rabies virus.
- The Malaysian prime minister proposed `severe, punitive actions`, without, however, identifying these.
- Food security and nutrition: In Pakistan, 38m people face moderate to severe food insecurity (18pc of children are malnourished).
- Yet the economic toll of the current disaster is still severe and widespread enough to shave off growth, fan inflation and further strain public finances.
- The immediate trigger in Sri Lanka was the severe degradation of life brought on by sharp economic deterioration after a default.
Synonyms
acute, very bad, serious, grave, critical, dire, drastic, grievous, extreme
Antonyms
minor, negligible, gentle, slight,
Curator example
“a severe shortage of technicians”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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