austere

adjectiveB1

Định nghĩa theo từ loại

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

austerermore austere

Superlative

austerestmost austere

1.
Grim or severe in manner or appearance.
The headmistress was an austere old woman.
Đồng nghĩa: stern, strict, forbidding, ascetic, brutal, callous, cold, cold-eyed, cruel, dour, flint-hearted, forbidding, frosty, grim, hard, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, harsh, humorless, icy, iron-hearted, insensate, insensitive, marble-hearted, rigorous, rockhearted, severe, stern, stonehearted, stony, stonyhearted, strict, tough, unsympathetic, unmoved
2.
Lacking decoration; trivial; not extravagant or gaudy.
The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.
Đồng nghĩa: simple, plain, unadorned, unembellished, austere, bare, chaste, inornate, modest, plain, quiet, severe, simple, spartan, unadorned, unembellished, unextravagant, unornamented, undecked, ungarnished, untrimmed, unvarnished
3.
Adhering to the economic policy of austerity.
4.
Harsh; astringent.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

stern strictforbiddingascetic brutal callous coldcold-eyedcruel dourflint-heartedfrosty grim hardhard-boiledhardenedhardheartedheartlessharshhumorless

Trái nghĩa

overwrought flamboyant extravagant gaudy flashybedizenedblatantblingishbrash campycatchpennychichi

Cùng gốc / liên quan

austerenessunaustere austerityausterely

Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.

Nguồn gốc từ

From grc αὐστηρός, having the specific meaning “making the tongue dry” (originally used of fruits, wines), related to αὔω (to singe), αὖος (dry).