Answer:

severe

Answer	Crossword Clue
SEVERE	Extreme
SEVERE	Like many reprimands
SEVERE	Like a bad headache

SEVERE	Difficult to endure
SEVERE	Harsh
SEVERE	Hard to endure
SEVERE	Grave
SEVERE	Draconian
SEVERE	Dire
SEVERE	Like some thunderstorms
SEVERE	Like some winter weather

SEVERE	in the extreme
SEVERE	Hard
SEVERE	Like subarctic winters
SEVERE	Strict
SEVERE	Unornamented
SEVERE	Rough
SEVERE	Harsh, as weather
SEVERE	Like very bad weather

SEVERE	Overly demanding
SEVERE	Taken to extremes
SEVERE	Rigorous
SEVERE	Demanding
SEVERE	Exacting
SEVERE	Not light or cheerful.
SEVERE	Taxing.
SEVERE	Grave.

SEVERE	Merciless.
SEVERE	Harsh.
SEVERE	Austere.
SEVERE	Hard to endure.
SEVERE	Unsparing.
SEVERE	Harshly extreme.
SEVERE	Uncompromising.
SEVERE	Unornamented.

SEVERE	Strait-laced.
SEVERE	Extreme.
SEVERE	Extremely plain in style.
SEVERE	Restrained.
SEVERE	Rigorous.

Crossword

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