ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAaustere
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austere
Meaning: severe or strict; without comfort or decoration
austere in a sentence
How austere is used in real sentences:
The austere monastery had bare walls and wooden benches.
The austere monastery had bare walls and wooden benches.
“The design team chose an austere gallery, with bare walls and narrow beams of light that kept attention on the specimens.”
— from the passage The Archive in Wood
Synonyms for austere
Other words for austere — stern, spartan, stark and ascetic — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of austere
Words that mean the opposite of austere:
Where it comes from
From Greek austēros 'harsh, bitter'
Memory hook
AUSTERE — like an AUSTRE-icted, strict aunt.