• adj.
    ⦿unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
    lexical concept
  • a Spartan upbringing
  • a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien
  • a parent severe to the pitch of hostility
  • a strict disciplinarian

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechadjective satellite
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:severe
  2. enl:spartan
wn:interlingual indexili:i7090

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
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