Adjective: extreme
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | extremer |
| Superlative | extremest |
Perifrastic
| Comparative | more extreme |
| Superlative | most extreme |
Sample Sentences
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At the extreme edges, the coating is very thin.
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He has an extreme aversion to needles, and avoids visiting the doctor.
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And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. [1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:]
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Micron said in a statement that it would bring extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology to Japan, becoming the first semiconductor company to do so, and expected to invest up to 500 billion yen ($3.6 billion) with support from the Japanese government. [2023 May 18, Reuters, “Chipmakers look to Japan as worries about China grow”, in CNN Business:]
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His extreme love of model trains showed in the rails that criscrossed his entire home.
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An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes. [2013 March 26, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 114:]
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I think the new laws are extreme, but many believe them necessary for national security.
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Television has begun to reflect the growing popularity of extreme sports such as bungee jumping and skateboarding.
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the extreme hour of life
Adjectives inflected like extreme
serene,
severe,
secure,
sedate,
wheelie,
simple,
complete,
fulsome,
sprightlie,
discrete,
plosive,
bizarre,
brusque,
brittle,
wholesome,
sincere,
shystie,
loveable,
prophane,
terrible, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French extreme, from Latin extrēmus, the superlative of exter. See: Latin Adjectives '
extrēmus'.