Definition of 'austere'

Adjective

1. severely simple; "a stark interior"
      Synonyms: severe stark stern
2. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"
      Synonyms: stern
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"
      Synonyms: ascetic ascetical spartan

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