Bad
Severe
Severe adjective - Difficult to endure.
Usage example: a severe winter that was among the coldest on record
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Bad Machinery is set in the same universe as Scary Go Round, but focuses on pre-teens instead of adults, and thus contains comparatively little sex, gore, or severe cursing.
Source: Lighter And Softer / Web Comics -
Things start to go bad when a smuggler decides to monopolize the serum, making the objectivist who runs the city crack down on the smuggler and his supporters in increasingly severe ways.
Source: From Bad To Worse / Video Games - Dead Fic: Abandoned due to severe power imbalance and Avatar "not being that bad, really" Shout-Out: The Space Marines apparently come from the future of Shinji And Warhammer 40 K.
Source: Roleplay / Lynching ITP
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