Austere

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  • adjective. Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave.
  • adjective. Strict or severe in discipline; ascetic: synonym: severe.
  • adjective. Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Sour; harsh; rough to the taste: applied to things: as, austere fruit or wine; “sloes austere,”
  • Severe; harsh; rigid; rigorous; stern: applied to persons and things: as, an austere master; an austere look.
  • Grave; sober; serious: as, austere deportment.
  • Severely simple; unadorned.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity
  • Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern.
  • Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Grim or severe in manner or appearance
  • adjective. Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. severely simple
  • adjective. practicing great self-denial
  • adjective. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
    • Word Usage
    "“These guys bring a whole new level of meaning to the word austere.”"
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    gentle  self-gratifying  
    cross-reference
    abstemious  ascetic  
    Equivalent
    abstemious  nonindulgent  plain  strict  
    Form
    austerely  austerity  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bombardier  Chevalier  Clear  Deere  Fear  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    gentle  gloomy  grim  haughty  lofty  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Albigensian  Catharist  Franciscan  Lenten  Sabbatarian  
    unknown
    astringent  catonian  difficulty  hard  rigid  
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