'austere' definitions:
adjective
adjective
Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" [syn: austere,
stern]
adjective
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" [syn:
ascetic,
ascetical, austere,
spartan]
Words containing 'austere'