The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HARSH which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
Severe crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HARSH | 40 % | 5 |
| ACUTE | 19 % | 5 |
| STERN | 15 % | 5 |
| DRASTIC | 6 % | 7 |
| BAD | 5 % | 3 |
| RIGID | 2 % | 5 |
| HARD | 2 % | 4 |
| STRINGENT | 2 % | 9 |
| STRICT | 2 % | 6 |
| STARK | 2 % | 5 |
| DRACONIAN | 1 % | 9 |
| SPARTAN | 1 % | 7 |
| DOUR | 1 % | 4 |
| AUSTERE | 1 % | 7 |
| UNKIND | 1 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Severe
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- austere
- hard
- stark
- terrible
- wicked
- dangerous
- grievous
- strict
- intense
- strong
- critical
- bad
Crossword Answer definitions
HARSH verb- To negatively criticize.
- To put a damper on (a mood).
- Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
- Severe or cruel.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result HARSH
- Severe
- Draconian
- Like many realities
- Abrasive
- Difficult on the ears
- Unduly severe
- Strict or stark
- Grating to the ear
- Far from lenient
- Unpleasantly severe
More clues leading to the result ACUTE
- Like some accents
- Penetrating
- Perceptive
- Very distressing
- Keenly perceptive
- Kind of angle
- Intense
- Quick-sighted
- Sharp
- Like pain after getting poked
More clues leading to the result STERN
- Isaac or Howard
- Strict
- Violinist Isaac
- Austere
- Imus' rival
- "Private Parts" author
- Exacting
- "Miss America" author
- Author of "Private Parts"
- Like some warnings
More clues leading to the result DRASTIC
- Radical
- Extremely severe
- Severe, as measures
- Severe
- Like some measures
- Dire
- Extreme
- Like emergency measures
- Rigorous.
- Extreme.
More clues leading to the result BAD
- Adverse
- Below standard
- Michael Jackson smash
- Not good
- "___ Boys" (1983)
- "___ Moon Rising"
- Quite inadequate
- Rotten egg, e.g.
- Unfavorable
- Incorrect
More clues leading to the result RIGID
- Hard-set
- Stiff
- Unyielding
- Inelastic
- Unbending
- Exacting, as an examination
- Inflexible
- Not relaxed
- Like a hard-liner
- Ironclad
More clues leading to the result HARD
- No picnic
- Unyielding
- Like a Friday crossword
- Ready to get down, in a way
- Posing a challenge
- Nearly unsolvable
- Stony
- Demanding
- Like most themeless puzzles
- 10 on the Mohs scale
More clues leading to the result STRINGENT
More clues leading to the result STRICT
- Unyielding
- Unbending
- Black-and-white
- Like a martinet
- Rigorous
- Unwilling to give makeup exams, say
- Rigid
- Precise
- Following the letter of the law
- Inflexible about rules
More clues leading to the result STARK
- Bare
- Desolate
- Unvarnished
- Like barren landscapes or unflattering lighting
- With high contrast
- Sharply defined
- Downright
- Undecorated
- ___ raving mad
- ___ naked
More clues leading to the result DRACONIAN
- Extremely unforgiving
- Unusually harsh
- Greek synonym for "Hitlerian."
- Severe
- Like some laws
- Excessively harsh
- *Overly harsh
More clues leading to the result SPARTAN
- Michigan State athlete
- Without luxury
- Austere
- <
> - Michigan State player
- Ancient Greek
- Devoid of luxury
- Bare-bones
- East Lansing athlete
- Defender at Thermopylae
More clues leading to the result DOUR
- Forbidding
- Saturnine
- Silently ill-humored
- Not elated
- Sullen
- Gloomy or forbidding
- Gloomy
- Gloomy or stern
- Far from cheerful
- No fun to be around
More clues leading to the result AUSTERE
- Astringent
- Self-disciplined
- Hardly lavish
- Strait-laced
- Forbidding
- Spartan
- Like Spartan living
- Stark
- Unadorned
- Like monastic life