Definitions for: Austere


[adj] practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
[adj] of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"
[adj] severely simple; "a stark interior"



Webster (1913) Definition: Aus*tere", [F. aust[`e]re, L. austerus, fr. Gr. ?, fr.
? to parch, dry. Cf. Sear.]
1. Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity;
as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.

2. Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid;
rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life.

From whom the austere Etrurian virtue rose.
--Dryden.

3. Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.

Syn: Harsh; sour; rough; rigid; stern; severe; rigorous;
strict.

Synonyms: abstemious, ascetic, ascetical, nonindulgent, plain, severe, spartan, stark, stern

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