Definition of austere Austere
/ɔstɪˈɹ/ - [ostir] - aus•tere
We found 11 definitions of austere from 6 different sources.
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What does austere mean?
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Adjectiveaustere, austerer, austerest |
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| austere - severely simple; "a stark interior" | ||
| severe, stark, stern | ||
| plain lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete" | ||
| austere - of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" | ||
| stern | ||
| nonindulgent, strict characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint | ||
| austere - practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence" | ||
| ascetic, ascetical, spartan | ||
| abstemious sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy | ||
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- austere (Adjective)
Grim or severe in manner or appearance. - austere (Adjective)
Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- austere
Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine. - austere
Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life. - austere
Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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austere
Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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austere
aws-tēr′, adj. harsh: severe: stern: grave: sober: severe in self-discipline, strictly moral or abstinent: severely simple, without luxury.—adv. Austere′ly.—ns. Austere′ness, Auster′ity, quality of being austere: severity of manners or life: harshness: asceticism: severe simplicity of style, dress, or habits. [L. austerus—Gr. austēros—au-ein, to dry.]
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