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Austere vs Austure - What's the difference?

austere | austure |

Austure is often a misspelling of austere.


Austure has no English definition.

As an adjective austere

is grim or severe in manner or appearance.

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

    austure

    Not English

    Austure has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'austure':

    accoutre, acture, axtree, austrine, astride, austere, astringe, astroite, asthore