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.

3. Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare: an austere style. See Synonyms at severe.

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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

Adjective

1. stern or severe: his austere and serious attitude to events

2. self-disciplined or ascetic: an extraordinarily austere and puritanical organization

3. severely simple or plain: the austere backdrop of grey [Greek austēros astringent]

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 << OPPOSITE kindly

adjective 2. plain, simple, severe, spare, harsh, stark, bleak, subdued, economical, Spartan, unadorned, unornamented << OPPOSITE luxurious

adjective 3. ascetic, strict, continent, exacting, rigid, sober, economical, solemn, Spartan, unrelenting, self-disciplined, puritanical, chaste, strait-laced, abstemious, self-denying, abstinent << OPPOSITE abandoned

Translations

austere [ɔsˈtɪəʳ] adj → austero; [manner] → adusto

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austere [ɔsˈtɪəʳ] adj → austère

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austere [ɔsˈtɪəʳ] adj → streng;

(room, decoration) → schmucklos;

(person, lifestyle) → asketisch

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austere [ɔsˈtɪəʳ] adj → austero/a