Dictionary Check: austere

"austere" is a valid word!

Scrabble 7 points
Words with Friends 8 points

Definition

adjective

severely simple

Example: "a stark interior"
Synonyms:
adjective

of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

Example: "an austere expression"
Synonyms:
adjective

practicing great self-denial

Example: "Be systematically ascetic … do … something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"

Advertisement