austere

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Pronunciation

• (RP): IPA: /ɒstɪə(ɹ)/, /ɔːstɪə(ɹ)/
• (America)
  • (GA) IPA: /ɔˈstiɹ/, enPR: ôstēr′
  • (cot-caught, northern cities vowel shift): IPA: /ɑˈstiɹ/

Adjective

austere (comparative austerer, superlative austerest)

1. Grim or severe in manner or appearance

   The headmistress was an austere old woman.

2. Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy

   The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.

Synonyms

• (grim or severe) stern, strict, forbidding
• (lacking trivial decoration) simple, plain, unadorned, unembellished

Antonyms

• (not lacking trivial decoration) overwrought, flamboyant, extravagant, gaudy, flashy

Translations

• Italian: austero
• Portuguese: (Brazil) severo, austero
• Russian: стро́гий
• Spanish: severo

Translations

• French: austère
• German: schlicht, genügsam
• Italian: austero
• Portuguese: austero
• Russian: просто́й
• Spanish: austero

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