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austere | frowning | Related terms |

As an adjective austere

is grim or severe in manner or appearance.

As a verb frowning is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun frowning is

the act of giving a frown.

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

    frowning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving a frown.
  • * Isaac Watts
    • Let all the creatures above and below frown and scowl upon me; if my Creator smile, I am happy; nor can all their frownings diminish my complete joy.