Dictionary Check: austere
"austere" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
adjective
severely simple
Example:
"a stark interior"
adjective
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
Example:
"an austere expression"
adjective
practicing great self-denial
Example:
"Be systematically ascetic … do … something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"
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