austere

Adjective Satellite

• severely simple
• of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
  • "an austere expression"
• practicing great self-denial; - William James
  • "a desert nomad's austere life"

Adj

• Grim or severe in manner or appearance.
• Lacking decoration; trivial; not extravagant or gaudy.
• Adhering to the economic policy of austerity.
• Harsh; astringent.

Adjective

• Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance.

Examples

• His play style was austere, focusing only on points, never on flair.
• The headmistress was an austere old woman.
• The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.

Synonyms

ascetic, ascetical, severe, spartan, stark, stern, austere, bare, callous, chaste, cold, cold-eyed, dour, flint-hearted, forbidding, frosty, grim, hard, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted, harsh, heartless, humorless, icy, inornate, insensitive, iron-hearted, modest, plain, quiet, rigorous, rockhearted, simple, stonehearted, stony, stonyhearted, strict, tough, unadorned, undecked, unembellished, unextravagant, ungarnished, unmoved, unornamented, unsympathetic, untrimmed, unvarnished

Antonyms

extravagant, flamboyant, flashy, gaudy, overwrought, unadorned

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