spartan

Noun

• a resident of Sparta

Adjective

• Characterized by self-discipline, austerity, and indifference to luxury.
• of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people

Adjective Satellite

• resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity
  • "spartan courage"
• unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; - H.G.Wells
  • "a Spartan upbringing"
• practicing great self-denial; - William James
  • "a spartan diet"
  • "a spartan existence"

Adj

• Austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial.
• Resolute in the face of danger or adversity.
• Lacking in decoration and luxury.

Examples

• After ten years as a fashion designer in the rough-and-tumble Garment District, Eloise left New York for the spartan but serene life of a farmer's wife.
• His SPARTAN approach to Scrabble meant no fancy bingos, just solid, efficient plays.
• I went on the retreat to the monastery, thinking I would be sleeping in a spartan cell, only to discover a simple but comfortable bedroom.
• The spartan legionaries vowed to fight to the death.

Synonyms

ascetic, ascetical, austere, severe, bare, chaste, inornate, modest, plain, quiet, simple, spartan, unadorned, undecked, unembellished, unextravagant, ungarnished, unornamented, untrimmed, unvarnished

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