1. | Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; | |
2. | Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; | |
3. | Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple. |
Adj. | 1. | austere - severely simple; "a stark interior" |
2. | austere - of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" Synonyms: stern | |
3. | austere - 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" |