ascetical

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	ascetical - pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices"ascetic
	2.	ascetical - 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"ascetic, austere, spartanabstemious - sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy