different between acrid vs severe
acrid
English
Etymology
From Latin ?cris, from ?cer (“sharp”); probably assimilated in form to acid. Compare eager.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æk.??d/
- Hyphenation: ac?rid
Adjective
acrid (comparative acrider or more acrid, superlative acridest or most acrid)
- Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.
- Synonyms: pungent, (archaic) acrimonious
- Antonyms: delectable, delicious, tasteful
- Causing heat and irritation.
- Synonym: corrosive
- (figuratively) Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.
- Synonyms: acerbic, acrimonious
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- ADRIC, Cardi, Dirac, R acid, Radic, arcid, caird, cardi, carid, daric
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severe
English
Etymology
From Middle French, from Latin severus (“severe, serious, grave in demeanor”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /s??v??/ (US) IPA(key): /s??v?r/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Adjective
severe (comparative severer or more severe, superlative severest or most severe)
- Very bad or intense.
- Strict or harsh.
- a severe taskmaster
- Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
- a severe old maiden aunt
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (very bad or intense): mild
- (very bad or intense): minor
- (strict or harsh): lenient
Derived terms
- severely (adverb)
- severity (noun)
- severeness (noun)
Translations
Further reading
- severe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- severe in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- severe at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Reeves, everse, reeves, servee
Esperanto
Adverb
severe
- severely
Related terms
- severa
Italian
Adjective
severe
- feminine plural of severo
Latin
Verb
s?v?re
- third-person plural perfect active indicative of ser?
Adjective
sev?re
- vocative masculine singular of sev?rus
References
- severe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- severe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- severe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
severe (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- vocative singular of sever
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