austere 音标拼音: [ɔst'ɪr]
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austere adj 1 :
severely simple ; "
a stark interior " [
synonym : {
austere },
{
severe }, {
stark }, {
stern }]
2 :
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor ;
forbidding in aspect ; "
an austere expression "; "
a stern face " [
synonym :
{
austere }, {
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 " [
synonym :
{
ascetic }, {
ascetical }, {
austere }, {
spartan }]
Austere \
Aus *
tere "\, [
F .
aust [`
e ]
re ,
L .
austerus ,
fr .
Gr . ?,
fr .
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to parch ,
dry .
Cf . {
Sear }.]
1 .
Sour and astringent ;
rough to the state ;
having acerbity ;
as ,
an austere crab apple ;
austere wine .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Severe in modes of judging ,
or living ,
or acting ;
rigid ;
rigorous ;
stern ;
as ,
an austere man ,
look ,
life .
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1913 Webster ]
From whom the austere Etrurian virtue rose .
--
Dryden .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Unadorned ;
unembellished ;
severely simple .
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1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Harsh ;
sour ;
rough ;
rigid ;
stern ;
severe ;
rigorous ;
strict .
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1913 Webster ]
153 Moby Thesaurus words for "
austere ":
Albigensian ,
Catharist ,
Franciscan ,
Lenten ,
Sabbatarian ,
Spartan ,
Spartanic ,
Trappist ,
Waldensian ,
abstemious ,
abstinent ,
amaroidal ,
anchoritic ,
ascetic ,
astringent ,
authoritarian ,
bald ,
bare ,
basic ,
biting ,
bitter ,
bleak ,
candid ,
chaste ,
common ,
commonplace ,
demanding ,
direct ,
dour ,
dry ,
dull ,
dwarfed ,
dwarfish ,
earnest ,
elementary ,
eremitic ,
essential ,
exacting ,
exigent ,
exiguous ,
flagellant ,
frank ,
frugal ,
fundamental ,
grave ,
grim ,
hard ,
harsh ,
homely ,
homespun ,
homogeneous ,
impoverished ,
inclement ,
indivisible ,
inornate ,
irreducible ,
jejune ,
keen ,
lean ,
limited ,
matter -
of -
fact ,
meager ,
mean ,
mendicant ,
mere ,
meticulous ,
miserly ,
monolithic ,
mortified ,
narrow ,
natural ,
neat ,
niggardly ,
of a piece ,
open ,
paltry ,
parsimonious ,
plain ,
plain -
speaking ,
plain -
spoken ,
poor ,
primal ,
primary ,
prosaic ,
prosing ,
prosy ,
puny ,
pure ,
pure and simple ,
puritanical ,
rigoristic ,
rough ,
rugged ,
rustic ,
scant ,
scanty ,
scrawny ,
scrimp ,
scrimpy ,
self -
denying ,
serious ,
severe ,
sharp ,
simon -
pure ,
simple ,
simple -
speaking ,
single ,
skimp ,
skimpy ,
slender ,
slight ,
slim ,
small ,
sober ,
somber ,
spare ,
sparing ,
stark ,
starvation ,
stern ,
stingy ,
stinted ,
straightforward ,
straitened ,
strict ,
stringent ,
stunted ,
subsistence ,
thin ,
tough ,
unadorned ,
unaffected ,
uncluttered ,
undecorated ,
undifferenced ,
undifferentiated ,
unelaborate ,
unembellished ,
unfancy ,
unfussy ,
ungentle ,
uniform ,
unimaginative ,
unnourishing ,
unnutritious ,
unornamented ,
unornate ,
unpoetical ,
unsparing ,
unvarnished ,
watered ,
watery ,
wedded to poverty
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AUSTERE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster austere stresses absence of warmth, color, or feeling and may apply to rigorous restraint, simplicity, or self-denial
AUSTERE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Austere, bleak, spartan, stark all suggest lack of ornament or adornment and of a feeling of comfort or warmth Austere usually implies a purposeful avoidance of luxury or ease: simple, stripped-down, austere surroundings
AUSTERE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary AUSTERE definition: 1 very simple, with only the things that are absolutely necessary, especially because of severe… Learn more
AUSTERE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you describe someone as austere, you disapprove of them because they are strict and serious
austere adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of austere adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
austere, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary austere, adj n meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
Austere - definition of austere by The Free Dictionary 1 Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave: the austere figure of a Puritan minister 2 Strict or severe in discipline; ascetic: a desert nomad's austere life See Synonyms at severe 3 Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare: an austere style
Austere - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com The adjective austere is used to describe something or someone stern or without any decoration You wouldn't want someone to describe you or your home as austere
austere - Wiktionary, the free dictionary austere (comparative austerer or more austere, superlative austerest or most austere) Grim or severe in manner or appearance synonyms Synonyms: stern, strict, forbidding, ascetic; see also Thesaurus: stern The headmistress was an austere old woman
austere - WordReference. com Dictionary of English Austere, bleak, spartan, stark all suggest lack of ornament or adornment and of a feeling of comfort or warmth Austere usually implies a purposeful avoidance of luxury or ease: simple, stripped-down, austere surroundings