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austere
Overview of adj austere
The adj austere has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) austere, severe, stark, stern -- (severely simple; "a stark interior")
2. austere, stern -- (of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face")
3. 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")
Grep of noun austere
austereness
Antonyms of adj austere
3 senses of austere
Sense 1
austere, severe, stark, stern
INDIRECT (VIA plain) -> fancy
Sense 2
austere, stern
INDIRECT (VIA nonindulgent) -> indulgent
Sense 3
ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan
INDIRECT (VIA abstemious) -> gluttonous
Similarity of adj austere
3 senses of austere
Sense 1
austere, severe, stark, stern
=> plain (vs. fancy)
Sense 2
austere, stern
=> nonindulgent (vs. indulgent), strict
Sense 3
ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan
=> abstemious (vs. gluttonous)
Pertainyms of adj austere
Attributes of adj austere
Domain of adj austere
Domain Terms of adj austere
Familiarity of adj austere
austere used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj austere
austere
Grep of adv austere
austerely
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