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adj. Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave: the austere figure of a Puritan minister.

adj. Strict or severe in discipline; ascetic: a desert nomad's austere life. See Synonyms at severe.

adj. Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare: an austere style.

adj. Grim or severe in manner or appearance

adj. Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy

Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity

Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern.

Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.

Sour; harsh; rough to the taste: applied to things: as, austere fruit or wine; “sloes austere,”

Severe; harsh; rigid; rigorous; stern: applied to persons and things: as, an austere master; an austere look.

Grave; sober; serious: as, austere deportment.

Severely simple; unadorned.

adj. severely simple

adj. practicing great self-denial

adj. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

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plain    abstemious    nonindulgent    strict   

gentle    self-gratifying   

strict    severe    rigid    stern    hard    rigorous    difficulty    catonian    astringent    rugge   

ascetic    abstemious   

austerity    austerely   

sour    stern    rigid    rigorous    severe    strict    rough    harsh    unadorned    unembellished   

Bombardier    Chevalier    Clear    Deere    Fear    Greer    Imagineer    Lanier    Lear    Meir   

sober    haughty    lofty    serene    gloomy    grim    rigid    sombre    pious    gentle