Stern

/stɜːn/

Synonyms for "stern" (292 found)

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Closest matches (59)

Noun(14 words)

rear aftafter partarse ass austere backside behind bottom bum buns butt buttocks can

Adjective(11 words)

abrasive toneaggressive behavioraustereaustere appearanceausterer austerest black-frostedbleak outlookcheerless craggiest craggy

adamant adamantine afterpart afterpiece arse ascetic ass astringent austere authoritarian backback doorback seatback sidebackside beam behind bottom breech bum

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butt can cast-iron cheek cheeks churlish companion condign counter crabbed crabby

Adjective(3 words)

callous cold cold-eyed

Strong matches (87)

critical crusty cutting demanding derriere determined dictator dour exacting exigent extreme fanny fantail firm flinty forbidding frowning gaunt gloomy grave

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grim gruff hardhard corehard-core harsh heelhind endhind parthindhead immovable immutable imperative implacable impliable inclement inelastic inexorable

Adjective(21 words)

cromwellian dourer dourest exactingfiery rebukefixed planflintier flintiestgerman eisgrimgrim tonegrimier grimmer grimmest gruffer gruffest harsher harshest humourless icier

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inexorable

Noun(11 words)

derriereenforcement of precise rulefanny fundament gacrux glowering gravegrizzly bearharshhind endhindquarters

Verb(4 words)

discipliningforbid cheatingfrowned gauntest

Adjective(13 words)

dour flint-hearted forbidding frosty grim hard hard-boiled hardened hardhearted harsh heartless humorless icy

Related words (146)

inflexible intransigent iron irreconcilable keister lugubrious meticulous mortified obdurate occiput parts philosopher poop posterior postern prat prudish pungent puritan rear

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Adjective(12 words)

insensitive iron-hearted rigorous rockhearted severe stonehearted stony stonyhearted strict tough unmoved unsympathetic

Noun(27 words)

intense glarekeistermonastic vowmore teutonicnatespiercing glarepoop posterior prat puppis quarterrear endrump seat serious severe severus solemn somber straitening

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strict tailtail endtooshie tush unlax warning

Adjective(36 words)

ironlike mayoralistic mirthlessominous toneperemptory puritanic relentlessrestrictive tonerigid stancerough guessseveresevere harmsevere language deficitssevererspartan architecturespartan designstark starkest sterner stonier

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stony silencestrictstrict burial-action protocolstrict disciplinestrict standardsstricter teutonic unappeasable unforgiving unmerciful unrelenting unsmiling winterier winteriest wintery wrathful

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

8 entries

adjective backbody partdemeanor descriptordescriptor rearship partvessel component

More specific

10 entries

austere draconian grave grim rigid solemn somberstern deckstern-looking sternpost

Collocations

6 entries

stern demeanorstern disciplinestern expressionstern lookstern policystern warning

Inflections

2 entries

sterner sternest

Derivations

2 entries

sternly sternness

similar

5 entries

demanding implacable nonindulgent plain strict

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

His stern tone and loud voice belied his inner sensitivity and caring nature.

Source: tatoeba (1999)

Our teacher is at once stern and kindly.

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Our teacher is stern to us.

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Silvia had a stern father who never praised her.

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