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austerity
rugged
austereness
puritanist
harshen
chaste
puritanism
gaudy
gelugpa chanting
decoration
ascetic
styptic
grim
extravagant
trivial
unflowery
severe
austerely
spartan
plain
Definitions:
Adjective
austere
stern
Definition: of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"
ascetic
ascetical
austere
spartan
Definition: 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"
Definition: Grim or severe in manner or appearance