Ms. Eichler had a notorious reputation for being austere to her students.
Source: tatoeba (1928)
Austere
/ɒˈstɪə(ɹ)/
Synonyms for "austere" (279 found)
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Closest matches (56)
Adjective(19 words)
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(2 words)
disenchantingdoric order
Strong matches (84)
exactingexigentexiguousflagellantfranciscanfrankfrigidfrugalfundamentalgravegrimhardharshhomelyhomespunhomogeneousimpoverishedinclementindivisibleinornate
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Adjective(19 words)
frostygauntgreat depression erahumourlessjoylesslaconicminimalminimal materialsminimalist artminimalist lifestyleminimalist stylingmonasticmonastic lifemonasticalmonumental sculpturemuseum-likenongraphic designplain proseplainest
Noun(13 words)
gacruxlacedaemonianleast patternedminimalistminimalist formmonastic robemonastic vowmore teutonicmost minimalistmost unadornedmost unembellishednorlutinpenitentiary
Verb(1 words)
Related words (139)
prosaicprosingprosyprudishpunypurepure and simplepuritanpuritanicalrigidrigoristicroughruggedrusticsabbatarianscantscantyscrawnyscrimpscrimpy
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self-denyingseriousseveresharpsimon puresimon-puresimplesimple-speakingsingleskimpskimpyslenderslightslimsmallsobersombersparesparingspartanspartanicstarkstarvationsternstiffstingystintedstraightforwardstraitenedstrictstringentstuntedsubsistencetemperatethintighttoughtrappistunadornedunaffectedunapproachableunclutteredundecoratedundifferencedundifferentiatedunelaborateunembellishedunfancyunfussyungentleuniformunimaginativeunnourishingunnutritiousunornamentedunornateunpoeticalunsparingunvarnishedwaldensianwateredwaterywedded to poverty
Noun(13 words)
Adjective(40 words)
puritanicrawbonedsenecansimplesimple definitionssimple livingsimple sentencessimple textssimple vocabularysimplersolemnspartan architecturespartan citizenspartan decorspartan designspartanlikestarkstarkeststernersternest
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stingieststony silencestrictstylelessteutonictreeless plainunadorned furnitureuncladunembellished accountunembellished descriptionunembellished languageunembellished reportunornamentedunornamented designunornamented simplicityunornate motifunplayfulwindsweptwinteriestwintery
Verb(3 words)
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6 entriesCollocations
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Inflections
2 entriesmore austeremost austere
Derivations
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4 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The Treasurer is being accused of robbing Peter to pay Paul to fund his austere budget.
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Austere economic policies have significantly affected economic performance.
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The president has promised a more austere administration than that of his predecessor.
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