'austere forbidding stern' definitions:

Definition of 'austere forbidding stern'

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nonindulgent \nonindulgent\ adj.
1. not indulgent. [Narrower terms: {austere, forbidding, stern ; {blue(prenominal), puritan, puritanical ; {corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal ; {monkish ; {renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating, self-denying ; {self-disciplined ; {spartan, strict ] Also See abstemious. Antonym: indulgent. [WordNet 1.5]
2. unpermissive. Opposite of permissive. [WordNet 1.5]