austere

austere is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.
2. Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life.
3. Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
4. adjective. practicing great self-denial- William James

   "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"

   "a desert nomad's austere life"

   Synonyms: ascetic, ascetical, spartan

5. adjective. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

   "an austere expression"

   "a stern face"

   Synonyms: stern

6. adjective. severely simple

   "a stark interior"

   Synonyms: severe, stark, stern

Synonyms

ascetic, ascetical, spartan, stern, severe, stark

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in austere:

euaster, sautree

Common word forms

austerer, austerely, austerest, austereness

Words from these letters

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