Ở tít đằng đầu, ở đằng cùng, xa nhất, ở tột cùng

Vô cùng, tột bực, cùng cực, cực độ

extreme poverty

cảnh nghèo cùng cực

Khác nghiệt; quá khích; cực đoan (biện pháp)

extreme views

quan điểm quá khích

(tôn giáo) cuối cùng

extreme unction

lễ xức dầu cuối cùng (trước khi chết)

an extreme case

một trường hợp đặc biệt

cực biên

extreme point

điểm (cực biên, đầu mút)

extreme point

điểm cực biên

cực hạn

điểm cực trị

ở đầu mút

thái cực

cực đoan

các cực

Unusual, uncommon, exceptional, outstanding, notable,noteworthy, abnormal, different, extraordinary, remarkable: Weexperienced extreme difficulty driving home.

Immoderate,excessive, severe, intense, acute, maximum, worst: Thisequipment is made to withstand extreme arctic conditions.

Outermost, endmost, farthest, ultimate, utmost, uttermost,remotest, last, far-off, far-away, distant, very: She walked tothe extreme end of the pier.

Rigid, stern, severe, strict,conservative, hidebound, stiff, stringent, restrictive,constrictive, uncompromising, Draconian, harsh, drastic:Grandfather favoured taking extreme measures against terrorists.5 unconventional, radical, outrageous, wild, weird, bizarre,queer, outrageous, offbeat, exotic, eccentric, different, outr‚,Slang far-out, way-out, US and Canadian kooky: I find youroutfit too extreme to wear in public.

Beyond the pale orlimits or bounds, extravagant, inordinate, excessive,disproportionate, outrageous: Because of your extremebehaviour, you will be confined to the house for a week.

N.

Often, extremes. limit(s), bounds, utmost, maximum,Colloq swing: Try to be more moderate and to avoid extremes.

Often, go to extremes. limit(s), bounds, maximum, acme, zenith,pinnacle, summit, height, apex, apogee, peak, extremity; depth,nadir: Thea's moods varied between the extremes of joy andgrief.

In the extreme. extremely, very, exceptionally,exceedingly, extraordinarily, unusually: His table manners arerude in the extreme.

Adj.

Reaching a high or the highest degree;exceedingly great or intense (extreme old age; in extremedanger).

A severe, stringent; lacking restraint or moderation(take extreme measures; an extreme reaction). b (of a person,opinion, etc.) going to great lengths; advocating immoderatemeasures.

Outermost; furthest from the centre; situated ateither end (the extreme edge).

Polit. on the far left orright of a party.

Utmost; last.

N.

(often in pl.) oneor other of two things as remote or as different as possible.

A thing at either end of anything.

The highest degree ofanything.

Math. the first or the last term of a ratio orseries.

Logic the subject or predicate in a proposition; themajor or the minor term in a syllogism.

Extremely adv. extremeness n.[ME f. OF f. L extremus superl. of exterus outward]