stern, adj.
freq. cnt. 9
freq. cnt. 9
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5
austere stern
sample sentences
"an austere expression""a stern face"
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severe and unremitting in making demands
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
exacting stern strict
sample sentences
"an exacting instructor""a stern disciplinarian"
"strict standards"
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not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
grim inexorable relentless stern unappeasable unforgiving unrelenting
sample sentences
"grim determination""grim necessity"
"Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"
"relentless persecution"
"the stern demands of parenthood"
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severely simple
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
austere severe stark stern
sample sentences
"a stark interior"
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