AUSTERE Synonyms

• pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline

• someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

• practicing great self-denial

• not elaborate or elaborated; simple

• lacking patterns especially in color

• extensive tract of level open land

• a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• not mixed with extraneous elements

• free from any effort to soften to disguise

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

• lacking in physical beauty or proportion

• express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

• intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

• very strong or vigorous

• severely simple

• unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• very bad in degree or extent

• of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people

• a resident of Sparta

• resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity

• unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment

• practicing great self-denial

• characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint

• rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard

• (of rules) stringently enforced

• incapable of compromise or flexibility

• severe and unremitting in making demands

• not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction

• sparing in consumption of especially food and drink

• marked by temperance in indulgence

• the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

• offering little or no hope

• providing no shelter or sustenance

• unpleasantly cold and damp

• avoiding waste

• death of a person

• a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

• a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

• dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

• shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it

• carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

• unpleasantly stern

• unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• severe

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

• incapable of change

• not making concessions

• resistant to being bent

• incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

• under restraint

• cool and formal in manner

• marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

• not showy or obtrusive

• prudent

• rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard

• demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

• concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities

• completely lacking in playfulness

• of great consequence

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• appealing to the mind

• requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve

• dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

• characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions

• lacking brightness or color; dull

• grave or even gloomy in character

• demanding strict attention to rules and procedures