- 1. Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine. Source: opted
- 2. Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life. Source: opted
- 3. Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple. Source: opted
- 4. adj. severely simple Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect Source: wordnet
- 6. adj. practicing great self-denial Source: wordnet
- 7. 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. From whom the austere Etrurian virtue rose. Dryden. 3. Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple. Syn. -- Harsh; sour; rough; rigid; stern; severe; rigorous; strict. Source: webster
- 8. j:100 s. severely simple s. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect Source: ecdict
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