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Meaning of 'austere' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Austere
- Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.
- Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life.
- Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.

Meaning of 'austere' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . austere [ s]
Meaning (1):
- practicing great self-denial
Example in sentence:
  • a desert nomad's austere life;
  • a spartan diet;
  • a spartan existence;
  • Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it
Meaning (2):
- severely simple
Example in sentence:
  • a stark interior
Meaning (3):
- of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
Example in sentence:
  • a stern face;
  • an austere expression

Nearby Words:

auscult auscultate auscultation auscultator auscultatory ausonian auspicate auspice auspices auspicial

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