Sterns

//ˈstɜː(ɹ)nz//

Synonyms for "sterns" (264 found)

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Closest matches (53)

austere poop strict adamant adamantine afterpart afterpiece arse ascetic ass astringent authoritarian back back door back seat back side backside beam behind bottom

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breech bum butt buttocks can cast-iron cheek cheeks churlish companion

Noun(13 words)

poop aft after part arse ass backside behind bottom bum buns butt buttocks can

Adjective(9 words)

grim severe bleak callous cast iron cheerless cold cold-eyed comfortless

Adjective(1 words)

austere

Strong matches (79)

condign counter crabbed crabby critical crusty cutting demanding derriere determined dictator dour exacting exigent extreme fanny fantail firm flinty forbidding

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frowning gaunt gloomy grave grim gruff hard hard core hard-core harsh heel hind end hind part hindhead immovable immutable imperative implacable impliable inclement

Adjective(32 words)

dark demure depressing desolate dire disconsolate dismal doleful dolesome dour drear drearisome dreary dreich earnest flint-hearted forbidding forlorn frosty gayless

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gloomsome gloomy gray grievous hard hard-boiled hardened hardhearted harsh heartless humorless icy

Noun(5 words)

derriere fanny fundament hind end hindquarters

Adjective(2 words)

exacting grim

Related words (132)

inelastic inexorable inflexible intransigent iron irreconcilable isaac stern keister lugubrious meticulous mortified obdurate occiput parts philosopher posterior postern prat prudish pungent

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Adjective(8 words)

inexorable relentless severe stark strict unappeasable unforgiving unrelenting

Adjective(38 words)

insensitive iron-hearted joyless lack-laughter lugubrious melancholy mirthless miserable no joke rigorous rockhearted sad saturnine sedate sober solemn solemncholy somber sombre spiritless

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staid stonehearted stony stonyhearted strict sullen sunless tough uncheerful uncheery unhappy unmerry unmoved unsympathetic weightsome weighty wintry woeful

Noun(13 words)

keister nates posterior prat quarter rear rear end rump seat tail tail end tooshie tush

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stern

Sample sentences

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Tired out we seek the little town, and run / the sterns ashore and anchor in the bay.

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