austere
adjective
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
severely simple
a stark interior
Related & opposite
- austereness derivation
- starkness derivation
- sternness derivation
- plain similar to
Sense 2 adjective
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
an austere expression
Related & opposite
- austereness derivation
- nonindulgent similar to
Sense 3 adjective
practicing great self-denial
Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it
Related & opposite
- austerity derivation
- abstainer derivation
- abstemious similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | austereness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | starkness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sternness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | plain |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | austereness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonindulgent |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | austerity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | abstainer |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | abstemious |