Arabic word sheet
أَشَدُّ
stronger, more intense
- Type
- adjective
- Root
- ش د د
Meaning and usage
Stronger, harder
Having more strength, hardness or intensity than another, or the most of all. Said of a solid thing, a person, a pain, the cold, a hardship.
هَذَا الْحَبْلُ أَشَدُّ مِنْ ذَاكَ.
This rope is stronger than that one.
More…, most… (before a quality)
Placed before a word naming a quality or a state, it serves to say “more” or “most”: more black, more angry.
كَانَ رَامِي أَشَدَّ تَعَبًا مِنْ سَامِي.
Rami was more tired than Sami.
Word family
What the root means ش د د
The root carries the idea of hardness and strength, the opposite of softness. From it come “hardness, strength”, “hard, strong”, “to tighten, to bind fast”, “to grow stronger” and “to press hard, to make stronger”.
hardness, strength; hardship
شِدَّةٌ
strong, hard, intense
شَدِيدٌ
to tighten, to bind fast
شَدَّ
to grow stronger, to intensify
اِشْتَدَّ
to press hard, to make stronger
شَدَّدَ
Synonyms
stronger, more powerful
أَقْوَى
Speaks only of greater strength or power; the headword also covers hardness, intensity and severity.
Opposites
weaker
أَضْعَفُ
softer, gentler
أَلْيَنُ