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1. (adj.) austere
severe in manner or appearance; strict; forbidding.
2. austere
rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral; ascetic; abstinent.
3. austere
without excess, luxury, or ease:
an austere life.
4. austere
without ornament or adornment; severely simple:
austere writing.
5. austere
lacking softness.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME (< AF) < L austērus < Gk austērós harsh, rough, bitter)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) austere, severe, stark, stern
severely simple
"a stark interior"
2. (adj) austere, stern
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
"an austere expression"; "a stern face"
3. (adj) ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan
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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Webster Dictionary |
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1. austere
sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine
2. austere
severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life
3. austere
unadorned; unembellished; severely simple
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Sense: severely simple and plain; without luxuries or unnecessary expenditure
an austere way of life.
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 Afrikaans: eenvoudig |
 Arabic: مُتَقَشِّف، بَسيط جِداً |
 Bulgarian: суров |
 Brazilian: austero |
 Czech: prostý |
 German: streng |
 Danish: enkel; beskeden |
 Greek: λιτός, απέριττος |
 Spanish: austero |
 Estonian: kasin |
 Farsi: ساده ؛ بی پیرایه |
 Finnish: koruton |
 French: austère |
 Hebrew: צָנוּע |
 Hindi: मिताहारी |
 Croatian: priprost |
 Hungarian: egyszerű |
 Indonesian: sederhana, keras, kaku |
 Icelandic: strangur |
 Italian: austero |
 Japanese: 質素な |
 Korean: 검소한 |
 Lithuanian: griežtas, asketiškas |
 Latvian: askētisks; atturīgs |
 Malay: sederhana |
 Dutch: streng, sober |
 Norwegian: barsk, streng |
 Polish: surowy, skromny |
 Persian: ساده ؛ بی پیرایه |
 Pashto: ساده |
 Portuguese: austero |
 Romanian: auster; simplu |
 Russian: аскетический |
 Slovak: prostý, jednoduchý |
 Slovenian: strog |
 Serbian: jednostavan |
 Swedish: sträng, spartansk |
 Thai: เคร่งครัด; ไม่หรูหรา |
 Turkish: sade, yalın, gösterişsiz |
 Taiwanese: 簡樸的 |
 Ukrainian: суворий; аскетичний |
 Urdu: سادگی پسند ، اصولوں پر سخ |
 Vietnamese: giản dị |
 Chinese: 简朴的 |
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