Found 3 items, similar to Austere.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: austere
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: austere
austere
adj 1: severely simple;
“a stark interior” [syn:
severe,
stark]
2: of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in
aspect;
“an austere expression”;
“a stern face” [syn:
stern]
3: 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”
[syn:
ascetic,
ascetical,
spartan]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Austere
Austere
\Aus*tere"\, [F. aust[`e]re, L. austerus, fr. Gr. ?, fr.
? to parch, dry. Cf.
Sear.]
1. Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity;
as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.
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2. Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid;
rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life.
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From whom the austere Etrurian virtue rose.
--Dryden.
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3. Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
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Syn: Harsh; sour; rough; rigid; stern; severe; rigorous;
strict.
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