1 simple and plain; without any decorations:
her austere bedroom with its simple narrow bed * Their clothes were always austere.
2 (of a person) strict and serious in appearance and behaviour:
My father was a distant, austere man.
3 allowing nothing that gives pleasure; not comfortable:
the monks' austere way of life
austerely adverb
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for austere is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is austere a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, austere is tagged as adjective.
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