drastic

drastic
I adjective acting with force, desperate, dire, exceeding, excessive, extreme, fanatic, fanatical, forceful, harsh, immoderate, improper, inordinate, intemperate, intense, outrageous, powerful, radical, severe, strict, strong, undue, unmitigated, unreasonable, vigorously effective, violent associated concepts: drastic remedy, extraordinary remedy II index extreme (exaggerated), forcible, harsh, outrageous, severe

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  • drastic — DRÁSTIC, Ă, drastici, ce, adj. Foarte aspru, foarte energic; brutal, violent, vehement. ♦ (Despre remedii medicale) Cu efect puternic şi rapid. – Din fr. drastique. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  DRÁSTIC adj. 1. v. aspru. 2.… …   Dicționar Român

  • drastic — UK US /ˈdræstɪk/ adjective ► severe and sudden, or having very noticeable effects: »He is not under pressure from his own electorate to do anything drastic. »a drastic decline/drop/reduction in sth take drastic action/measures/steps »The company… …   Financial and business terms

  • Drastic — Dras tic, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to do, act: cf. F. drastique. See {Drama}.] (Med.) Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; opposed to {bland}; as, drastic purgatives. n. (Med.) A violent purgative. See {Cathartic}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • drastic — 1690s, originally medical, forceful, vigorous, especially in effect on bowels, from Gk. drastikos effective, efficacious; active, violent, from drasteon (thing) to be done, from dran to do, act, perform. Sense of extreme, severe is first recorded …   Etymology dictionary

  • drastic — [adj] severe, extreme desperate, dire, exorbitant, extravagant, forceful, harsh, immoderate, radical, strong; concepts 537,569 Ant. calm, collected, easy, mild …   New thesaurus

  • drastic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having a strong or far reaching effect. DERIVATIVES drastically adverb. ORIGIN Greek drastikos, from dran do …   English terms dictionary

  • drastic — [dras′tik] adj. [Gr drastikos, active < dran, to do: see DRAMA] acting with force; having a strong or violent effect; severe; harsh; extreme drastically adv …   English World dictionary

  • drastic — 01. We are going to have to make some [drastic] changes in this company if we want to keep from going bankrupt. 02. Henry s life changed [drastically] when he lost all his money on the stock market. 03. This company is in deep financial trouble,… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • drastic — [[t]dræ̱stɪk[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you have to take drastic action in order to solve a problem, you have to do something extreme and basic to solve it. Drastic measures are needed to clean up the profession... He s not going to do anything… …   English dictionary

  • drastic — dras|tic [ˈdræstık] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Greek; Origin: drastikos, from dran to do ] extreme and sudden drastic action/measures ▪ NATO threatened drastic action if its terms were not met. ▪ drastic cuts in government spending ▪ Drastic changes …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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