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austere::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stern |
| Derivation | austereness |
an austere expression.
Examples of austere
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Brazil's austere fiscal policy is hardly comparable to Argentina's reckless one.
From the businessweek.com
The hijab, be it fashionable or austere, is a magnet for disapproving strangers.
From the kansas.com
Even in our more austere age, it seems, conservatories are increasingly popular.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Immaculately filmed in black-and-white Cinemascope, it is beautiful and austere.
From the guardian.co.uk
Admittedly, hard to be cavalier about a $2 million event in these austere times.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Output collapsed but they maintained their pegs and introduced austere policies.
From the economist.com
North and south facades are relatively austere expanses punctuated with windows.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Short, red-haired and informal, Smith is a contrast to the tall, austere Murphy.
From the time.com
In an age of actors'tics and rantings, such austere clarity is worth cherishing.
From the time.com
- Severely simple; "a stark interior"
- Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"
- Ascetic: 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"
- (austerely) in an austere fashion; "the church was austerely simple"
- (austereness) extreme plainness
- (austerity) the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
- Austere is an anonymous electronic music group specializing in ambient, dark ambient, drone, glitch-ambient, downtempo-style drum and bass and minimalist music. The group started working together in 1997 with their first release in 1998, and is based in the Pacific Northwest in Portland, Oregon.
- Austere is the first release by the band Sparta, just one year after break-up of their former band At the Drive-In.
- "Austere" is the debut single by Welsh Indie band The Joy Formidable on the Another Music = Another Kitchen record label. In a short review of the track The Times described it as "dreamy indie pop", and the track appeared on trailers for Channel 4's Skins.
