different between drastic vs utmost

English

Alternative forms

• drastick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (drastikós, “active, efficient”), from ?????? (drâsis, “strength, efficacy”), itself from ???? (drá?, “to do”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d???s.t?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?æs.t?k/
• Rhymes: -æst?k

Adjective

drastic (comparative more drastic, superlative most drastic)

1. Having a strong or far-reaching effect; extreme, severe.

2. Acting rapidly or violently.

Synonyms

• (severe): draconian

Translations

Noun

drastic (plural drastics)

1. A powerful, fast-acting purgative medicine.

Anagrams

• cardist

Romanian

Etymology

From French drastique

Adjective

drastic m or n (feminine singular drastic?, masculine plural drastici, feminine and neuter plural drastice)

1. drastic

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English utmest, utemest [and other forms], from Old English ?tmest, ?temest [and other forms], from ?t, ?te (“out; outdoors, outside”) + -mest (suffix meaning ‘furthest’, used to form superlatives of some adjectives) (and conflated with most). ?t is derived from Proto-Germanic *?t (“out, outward”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“out, outward”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??tm?(??)st/
• (General American) enPR: ?t'm?st, IPA^(key): /??tmo??st/, [???-], [??t-]
• Hyphenation: ut?most

Adjective

utmost (not comparable)

1. Situated at the most distant limit; farthest, outermost.

   Synonyms: outmost, uttermost, yondermost
2. The most extreme; greatest, ultimate.

Derived terms

• utmostly

Related terms

• outermost
• outmost
• uttermost

Translations

Noun

utmost (countable and uncountable, plural utmosts)

1. The greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity; maximum.

   Synonym: yondermost

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