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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024aus•tere /ɔˈstɪr/USA pronunciation adj. - severe in manner, appearance, or morals;
strict;
serious:an austere man of the church. - without excess, luxury, or ease:an austere life.
- without decoration or ornament;
severely simple:an austere room.
aus•tere•ly, adv. aus•tere•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024aus•tere (ô stēr′),USA pronunciation adj. - severe in manner or appearance;
uncompromising;
strict;
forbidding:an austere teacher. - rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral;
ascetic;
abstinent:the austere quality of life in the convent. - grave;
sober;
solemn;
serious:an austere manner. - without excess, luxury, or ease;
simple;
limited;
severe:an austere life. - severely simple;
without ornament:austere writing. - lacking softness;
hard:an austere bed of straw. - rough to the taste;
sour or harsh in flavor.
- Greek austērós harsh, rough, bitter
- Latin austērus
- Anglo-French)
- Middle English (1300–50
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Austere, bleak, spartan, stark all suggest lack of ornament or adornment and of a feeling of comfort or warmth. Austere usually implies a purposeful avoidance of luxury or ease:simple, stripped-down, austere surroundings.Bleak adds a sense of forbidding coldness, hopelessness, depression:a bleak, dreary, windswept plain.Spartan, somewhat more forceful than austere, implies stern discipline and rigorous, even harsh, avoidance of all that is not strictly functional:a life of Spartan simplicity.Stark shares with bleak a sense of grimness and desolation:the stark cliff face.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged luxurious, comfortable, lush; sybaritic.
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