Austere has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
severely simple
"a stark interior"
2
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
"an austere expression"
"a stern face"
3
practicing great self-denial
"Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"
"a desert nomad's austere life"
"a spartan diet"
"a spartan existence"
4
Grim or severe in manner or appearance
Example Sentences
"a stark interior"
adjective
"an austere expression"
adjective
"a stern face"
adjective
"Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"
adjective
"a desert nomad's austere life"
adjective
"a spartan diet"
adjective
"a spartan existence"
adjective