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Textual thesaurus for "austere"

(adj) ascetic, ascetical, spartan

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


(adj) stern

of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

an austere expression; a stern face


(adj) stern, stark, severe

severely simple

a stark interior