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asceticadjectivealso ascetical formalrelating to or having a strict and simple way of living that avoids physical pleasureHe committed to having an ascetic existence during his rehab. an ascetic diet of rice and beans monastic, monkishaustere, authoritarian, flinty, hard, harsh, heavy-handed, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, strict, toughdemanding, exactinguncharitable, unforgivingadamant, adamantine, callous, hardened, hard-hearted, hard-line, immovable, implacable, inflexible, merciless, ossified, pitiless, relentless, rock-ribbed, stiff, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unsparing, unyieldingdour, gruffbrowbeating, bullyingdetermined, firm, resolved, single-minded, steadfast, unflinchingdogged, intractable, obstinate, relentlesscelibate, chaste, disciplined easy, easygoing, laid-back, undemandingcharitable, kind, merciful, mild, patient, soft, softheartedaccepting, compromising, yieldingresponsive, willingacquiescent, agreeable, amenable, complaisant, compliant, flexible, pliable, pliantclement, forbearing, gentle, indulgent, lax, lenient, tolerant severe, stern, austere, ascetic mean given to or marked by strict discipline and firm restraint.severe implies standards enforced without indulgence or laxity and may suggest harshness.severe military discipline stern stresses inflexibility and inexorability of temper or character.stern arbiters of public morality austere stresses absence of warmth, color, or feeling and may apply to rigorous restraint, simplicity, or self-denial.living an austere life in the country ascetic implies abstention from pleasure and comfort or self-indulgence as spiritual discipline.the ascetic life of the monks in 1646 |