austere, adj.
freq. cnt. 1
freq. cnt. 1
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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practicing great self-denial
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ascetic ascetical austere spartan
sample sentences
"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"
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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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