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austereadjective given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraintan austere conductor who is as tough on himself as he is on the orchestra authoritarian, flinty, hard, harsh, heavy-handed, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, strict, tough demanding, exactinguncharitable, unforgivingadamant, adamantine, callous, hardened, hard-hearted, hard-line, immovable, implacable, inflexible, merciless, ossified, pitiless, relentless, rock-ribbed, stiff, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unsparing, unyieldingdour, gruffascetic(also ascetical), monastic, monkishbrowbeating, bullyingdetermined, firm, resolved, single-minded, steadfast, unflinchingdogged, intractable, obstinate, relentless clement, forbearing, gentle, indulgent, lax, lenient, tolerant easy, easygoing, laid-back, undemandingcharitable, kind, merciful, mild, patient, soft, softheartedaccepting, compromising, yieldingresponsive, willingacquiescent, agreeable, amenable, complaisant, compliant, flexible, pliable, pliant harsh and threatening in manner or appearancean austere fortress at the top of some formidable cliffs dour, fierce, flinty, forbidding, grim, gruff, intimidating, lowering(also louring), rough, rugged, severe, stark, steely, stern, ungentle bleak, cold, hostile, inhospitable, inimical, unfriendly, unsympatheticadamant, bound, determined, firm, intent, purposeful, resolute, resolved, steadfast, unflinchingfixed, hard, hardened, hardheaded, immovable, implacable, inflexible, ironhanded, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, self-willed, set, stiff, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful(or wilful)immutable, unchangeableblack, cheerless, dark, gloomy, glum, joyless, melancholic, moody, morose, sulky, sullen, surlybrooding, grave, humorless, melancholy, serious, sober, sobersided, solemn, somber(or sombre), staid, unsmiling, weighty benign, benignant, gentle, mild, nonintimidating, tender bland, meek, mellow, soft, soothingeasy, quiet, tranquilagreeable, bright, cheerful, inviting, pleasant, pleasing, sweetglad, happy, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, sunnyfeatherbrained, flighty, frivolous, giddy, goofy, harebrained, light-headed, playful, scatterbrained, silly providing only the essentials and nothing fancy or luxuriousfor the private office of the CEO of the large corporation, the room is unexpectedly austere no-frills, spartan, stark plain, simple, unadorned, undecorated, unelaborate, unfancy deluxe, Lucullan(also Lucullian), luxe, luxurious, plush adorned, decorated, elaborate, fancy 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 the 14th century |