Thesaurus: extremity

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1. n. The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.
2. n. One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man.
3. n. The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form.
4. n. The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity.
5. n. an external body part that projects from the body
6. n. an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease)
7. n. the greatest or utmost degree
8. n. the outermost or farthest region or point
9. n. that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso
10. 1. The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country. They sent fleets . . . to the extremities of Ethiopia. Arbuthnot. 2. (Zoöl.) One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man. 3. The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form. "The extremity of bodily pain." Ray. 4. The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity. Divers evils and extremities that follow upon such a compulsion shall here be set in view. Milton. Upon mere extremity he summoned this last Parliament. Milton. Syn. -- Verge; border; extreme; end; termination.
11. One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or anarm of man.
12. n:100 n. an external body part that projects from the body n. an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease) n. the greatest or utmost degree