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stern
(st/[@]/rn )

adjective (a)

  • Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree.(adjective)
    source: webster1913
  • Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

adjective satellite (s)

  • of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect(adj.all)
    Example:
    A stern face.
    Synonym:
    austere
    source: wordnet30
  • not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty(adj.all)
    Example:
    The stern demands of parenthood.
    Synonym:
    grim, inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting
    source: wordnet30
  • severe and unremitting in making demands(adj.all)
    Example:
    A stern disciplinarian.
    Synonym:
    exacting, strict
    source: wordnet30
  • severely simple(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    austere, severe, stark
    source: wordnet30

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