Austere vs Austere - What's the difference?
austere | austere |
As adjectives the difference between austere and austere is that austere is austere while austere is austere.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
austere English
Adjective
( en-adj)
Grim or severe in manner or appearance
- The headmistress was an austere old woman.
Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy
- The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.
Synonyms
* (grim or severe) stern, strict, forbidding
* (lacking trivial decoration) simple, plain, unadorned, unembellished
Antonyms
* (not lacking trivial decoration) overwrought, flamboyant, extravagant, gaudy, flashy
Derived terms
* austerity
* austerely
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austere English
Adjective
( en-adj)
Grim or severe in manner or appearance
- The headmistress was an austere old woman.
Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy
- The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.
Synonyms
* (grim or severe) stern, strict, forbidding
* (lacking trivial decoration) simple, plain, unadorned, unembellished
Antonyms
* (not lacking trivial decoration) overwrought, flamboyant, extravagant, gaudy, flashy
Derived terms
* austerity
* austerely
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