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How to pronounce stern in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms austere


a stern face.
Type Words
Synonyms exacting, strict
Derivation sternness


a stern disciplinarian.
Type Words
Synonyms after part, poop, quarter, tail
Type of back, rear
Type Words
Synonyms isaac stern
Type Words
Synonyms austere, severe, stark
Derivation sternness
Type Words
Synonyms grim, inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting
Derivation sternness


the stern demands of parenthood.
Type Words
Synonyms arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush
Type of body part

Examples of stern

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He can be stern, he dishes out harsher words than the more conciliatory Strauss.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Stern has also defended the right of his owners to profit off their investments.
From the sacbee.com
Drive up to it today, and it looks rather stern and grey, like a posh orphanage.
From the independent.co.uk
Boreham Wood face a stern test, when they entertain Maldon Town FC on Wednesday.
From the borehamwoodtimes.co.uk
He knows the stern taskmaster approach does not attract the players it once did.
From the denverpost.com
Stern said she's been getting other experience with home repairs in New Orleans.
From the dailyherald.com
He endlessly suffers fools without retaliation beyond the occasional stern look.
From the thenewstribune.com
In the movie, he's a stern figure in bib overalls who's always correcting Billy.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Stern agrees that it's possible to eat a healthy meal at a fast food restaurant.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • The rear part of a ship
  • Austere: of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"
  • United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
  • Grim: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"
  • Buttocks: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
  • Severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"
  • Stern is the name of two different but related arcade gaming companies: Stern Electronics, Inc. and Stern Pinball, Inc.
  • Stern ("Star") is a weekly news magazine published in Germany. It was founded in 1948 by Henri Nannen, and is currently published by Gruner + Jahr, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann. In the first quarter of 2006, its print run was 1.019 million copies and it reached 7. ...
  • Stern is a family name which can be of English, German or Jewish origin.