Adjectives for severity

Severity adjectives are listed in this post. Each word below can often be found in front of the noun severity in the same sentence. This reference page can help answer the question what are some adjectives commonly used for describing SEVERITY.

actual, additional, ancient, appalling, apparent, ascetic, asthma, average, awful, barbarous, brutal, caustic, certain, classic, clinical, cold, considerable, critical, cruel, different

dignified, disease, due, equal, especial, exceptional, excessive, exemplary, extraordinary, extreme, fearful, former, full, further, general, gentle, great, greater, greatest, harsh

high, higher, holy, impartial, implacable, increased, indiscriminate, inexorable, inflexible, initial, intense, intolerable, judicial, just, less, lesser, like, little, low, lower

marked, merciless, mock, moderate, moral, more, much, necessary, needless, new, occasional, ordinary, overall, own, particular, peculiar, pitiless, possible, potential, relative

relentless, remorseless, rigid, rigorous, ruthless, same, similar, spartan, special, stern, strict, such, sudden, sufficient, symptom, terrible, tremendous, uncommon, uncompromising, undue

unexampled, unflinching, unjust, unjustifiable, unmerited, unmitigated, unnecessary, unparalleled, unprecedented, unreasonable, unrelenting, unsparing, unusual, unwonted, usual, utmost, variable, very, wholesome

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