austere
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(satellite adjective) of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" |
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Synonyms: stern |
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(satellite adjective) severely simple; "a stark interior" |
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Synonyms: severe, stark |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: ascetic, ascetical, spartan |
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