austere

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adjective

1. severely simple (Freq. 1)
- a stark interior
• Syn:
severe, stark, stern
• Similar to:
plain
• Derivationally related forms:
sternness (for: stern), starkness (for: stark), severeness (for: severe), austereness
2. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor;
forbidding in aspect
- an austere expression
- a stern face
• Syn:
stern
• Similar to:
nonindulgent, strict
• Derivationally related forms:
austereness
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
• Syn:
ascetic, ascetical, spartan
• Similar to:
abstemious
• Derivationally related forms:
austerity, ascetic (for: ascetical), ascetic (for: ascetic)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ascetic, ascetical, spartan, stern, severe, stark