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austere

Adjective

∙ Grim or severe in manner or appearance
∙ Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy

BABYLON ENGLISH
austere adj.
strict; rigid; ascetic; modest

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
austere
austere
\aus*tere"\ (&?;), [f. austère, 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.
2. severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life. from whom the austere etrurian virtue rose.
3. unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.

WORDNET 2.0
austere
Adjective
1. severely simple; "a stark interior"
(synonym) severe, stark
(similar) plain
2. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"
(synonym) stern
(similar) nonindulgent
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"
(synonym) ascetic, ascetical, spartan
(similar) abstemious

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Austerity (disambiguation)
Austerity is a policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

WIKTIONARY - Yabla

austere

Adjective

∙ Grim or severe in manner or appearance
∙ Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy

BABYLON ENGLISH
austere adj.
strict; rigid; ascetic; modest

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
austere
austere
\aus*tere"\ (&?;), [f. austère, 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.
2. severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life. from whom the austere etrurian virtue rose.
3. unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.

WORDNET 2.0
austere
Adjective
1. severely simple; "a stark interior"
(synonym) severe, stark
(similar) plain
2. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"
(synonym) stern
(similar) nonindulgent
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"
(synonym) ascetic, ascetical, spartan
(similar) abstemious

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Austerity (disambiguation)
Austerity is a policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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