austerity
austerity is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. The austerity of John the Baptist. Milton.
- 2.Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity. Partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners. Hawthorne.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abstinence
- acerbic
- acerbity
- acrid
- acridity
- acrimonious
- acrimony
- amaritude
- anchoret
- anchorite
- and
- ascetic
- asceticism
- ashes
- austere
- bitter
- bitterness
- cynic
- cynical
- cynicism
- disgust
- flagellation
- fulsome
- gall
- hermit
- loathsome
- maceration
- martyr
- martyrdom
- mortification
- nasty
- nauseate
- nauseous
- nephalism
- offensive
- pall
- penance
- puritan
- puritanical
- puritanism
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is austerity.
- What is severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. The austerity of John the Baptist. Milton called?
- What is plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity. Partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners. Hawthorne called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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