stern
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(satellite adjective) severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" |
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Synonyms: exacting, strict |
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(satellite adjective) (nautical) pertaining to the after part of a vessel |
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(noun) the rear part of a ship |
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Synonyms: after part, poop, quarter, tail |
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Related Words: back, rear |
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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: austere |
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(satellite adjective) not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty;"grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood |
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Synonyms: grim, inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting |
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(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on |
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Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
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Related Words: body part |
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