austere
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8.2
- adjective
- /ɔːˈstɪr/
:
austero
- His relatively high salary makes his tenure an impossibility during the austere period following a lost contract.
- an austere life
- austere measures
Generally, Irish monasticism was very austere.
- Generally, Irish monasticism was very austere.
Examples
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Anna de Mille was frugal, strict, and austere in everything from dress to time management.
Academic text (1994) -
Just remember, "Life, even an austere life, is too short to drive an ugly vehicle."
Blog text (10) -
On December 5, the deputy prime minister announced a series of austere measures.
Academic text (2004) -
Oh, as I told you, our diet is very austere.
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He's always been this very austere kind of guy, but had this real loyalty to institutions and to people.
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The net result is that public support for governmental austere economic policies has been questionable.
Academic text (2000) -
However, his austere religion of virtue was markedly less popular with the Parisian public than the Cult of Reason.
Academic text (2011) -
Like his parents, he was a strict Lutheran and this was reflected in his austere monk like lifestyle and Spartan studio more reminiscent of a meditation cell.
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The monks lead an austere lifestyle, dedicating themselves to prayer and renunciation of worldly comforts.
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His austere habits include waking up before dawn and avoiding any luxuries in daily life.
Synonyms
5
7.7
Very simple and lacking comfort or luxury
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8.8
Having strict control of wants and no luxuries
Showing strict self-control and avoiding pleasure for religious reasons
Choosing to live very simply and give up comforts for moral or religious reasons
Antonyms
How Austere
Surface Forms
Etymology
Austere comes from the Latin word austerus, meaning 'harsh' or 'severe', and you can see the same root in austerity, which means strict saving or simple living. So to be austere is to live with strict self-discipline and avoid luxury.