austere

aus·tere  (ô-stîr)

adj. aus·ter·er, aus·ter·est

1. Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave: the austere figure of a Puritan minister.

2. Strict or severe in discipline; ascetic: a desert nomad's austere life. See Synonyms at severe.

3. Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare: an austere style.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin austrus, from Greek austros.]

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aus·terely adv.

aus·tereness n.

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austere [ɒˈstɪə]

adj

1. stern or severe in attitude or manner an austere schoolmaster

2. grave, sober, or serious an austere expression

3. self-disciplined, abstemious, or ascetic an austere life

4. severely simple or plain an austere design

[from Old French austère, from Latin austērus sour, from Greek austēros astringent; related to Greek hauein to dry]

austerely  adv

austereness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	austere - severely simple; "a stark interior" stark, severe, stern plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
	2.	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
	3.	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

1. stern, hard, serious, cold, severe, formal, grave, strict, exacting, harsh, stiff, forbidding, grim, rigorous, solemn, stringent, inflexible, unrelenting, unfeeling an austere, distant, cold person
stern kindly, sweet, flexible, cheerful, indulgent, genial, affable, permissive, jovial, convivial, free-and-easy

2. plain, simple, severe, spare, harsh, stark, bleak, subdued, economical, Spartan, unadorned, unornamented The church was austere and simple.
plain comfortable, luxurious, indulgent

3. ascetic, strict, continent, exacting, rigid, sober, economical, solemn, Spartan, unrelenting, self-disciplined, puritanical, chaste, strait-laced, abstemious, self-denying, abstinent The life of the troops was comparatively austere.
ascetic abandoned, loose, immoral, indulgent, permissive, free-and-easy

Translations

austere [ɒsˈtiːəʳ] ADJ [person, manner, life] → austero, severo

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austere [ɔːˈstɪə^r] adj [times, life, conditions] → austère; [beauty, style, approach] → austère

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austere

adj → streng; way of life also → asketisch, entsagend; style also → schmucklos; room → schmucklos, karg

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austere [ɒsˈtɪəʳ] adj → austero/a

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austere [ɒsˈtɪəʳ] adj → austero/a

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austere

adj austere [oːˈstiə]

severely simple and plain; without luxuries or unnecessary expenditure an austere way of life. eenvoudig مُتَقَشِّف، بَسيط جِداً суров prostý enkel; beskeden streng λιτός, απέριττος austero kasin ساده ؛ بی پیرایه koruton austère צָנוּע मिताहारी priprost egyszerű sederhana, keras, kaku strangur austero 質素な 검소한 griežtas, asketiškas askētisks; atturīgs sederhana streng, sober barsk, streng surowy, skromny austero auster; simplu аскетический prostý, jednoduchý strog jednostavan sträng, spartansk เคร่งครัด; ไม่หรูหรา sade, yalın, gösterişsiz 簡樸的 суворий; аскетичний سادگی پسند ، اصولوں پر سختی سے کار بند giản dị 简朴的

n auˈsterity [-ˈste-]

eenvoudigheid تَقَشُّف строгост prostota enkelhed; beskedenhed die Strenge λιτότητα austeridad kasinus سادگی؛ بی آلایشی koruttomuus austérité צֶנָע, פַּשטוּת सादगी priprostost szigorúság kesederhanaan strangleiki, harka austerità 質素 검소함 griežtumas askētisms; atturība; vienkāršība kesederhanaan soberheid barskhet, strenghet surowe warunki, surowość austeridade austeritate аскетизм prostota, jednoduchosť strogost jednostavnost stränghet, stramhet ความเคร่งครัด; ความมัธยัสถ์ sadelik, yalınlık 簡樸 суворість; аскетизм سادگی ، درشتی sự mộc mạc 简朴