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Showing words for ASCETIC using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Ascetic

accites, ascetic, castice, siccate

6 Letter Words for Ascetic

accise, accite, acetic, ascite, caseic, cistae

5 Letter Words for Ascetic

accts, acies, cacei, cacti, caste, cates, cesta, cesti, cetic, cista, cites, csect, saice, sceat, sicca, stacc, taces, taise, ticca, tices

4 Letter Words for Ascetic

acce, acct, aces, acts, aits, asci, ates, atis, cace, caci, caic, case, cast, cate, cats, ceas, ceca, cest, ceti, cisc, cist, cite, cits, east, eats, esca, etas, etic, ices, itas, saic, sate, sati, scat, scet, seat, sect, seit, seta, sicc, sice, sita, site, stie, tace, tais, teas, teca, tice, tics, ties, tsia

3 Letter Words for Ascetic

acc, ace, act, aes, ais, ait, ase, ast, ate, cai, cat, cia, cie, cis, cit, csc, csi, cst, cte, cts, eas, eat, ecc, ect, esc, est, eta, etc, ice, ise, ist, ita, its, sac, sai, sat, sci, sct, sea, sec, sei, set, sic, sie, sit, sta, tai, tas, tea, tec, tes, tic, tie, tis, tsi

Definitions for Ascetic

[1] a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
[2] a person who leads an austerely simple life, especially one who abstains from the normal pleasures of life or denies himself or herself material satisfaction.
[3] (in the early Christian church) a monk; hermit.
[4] relating to asceticism, the doctrine that one can reach a high spiritual state through the practice of extreme self-denial or self-mortification.
[5] rigorously abstinent; austere: an ascetic existence.
[6] exceedingly strict or severe in religious exercises or self-mortification.
[7] a person who practises great self-denial and austerities and abstains from worldly comforts and pleasures, esp for religious reasons
[8] (in the early Christian Church) a monk
[9] rigidly abstinent or abstemious; austere
[10] of or relating to ascetics or asceticism
[11] intensely rigorous in religious austerities

Words related to Ascetic

austere, disciplined, spartan, abstinent, abstemious, puritanical, strict, abstaining

Words nearby Ascetic

ascensiontide, ascensive, ascent, ascertain, ascesis, ascetic, asceticism, asch, aschaffenburg, ascham, aschelminth

Origin of Ascetic

1640–50; < Greek askētikós subject to rigorous exercise, hardworking, equivalent to askē- (see askesis) + -tikos -tic

Words that may be confused with Ascetic

acetic, aesthetic, ascetic

Other words from Ascetic

as·cet·i·cal·ly , adverb
non·as·cet·ic , noun, adjective
non·as·cet·i·cal , adjective
non·as·cet·i·cal·ly , adverb
pre·as·cet·ic , adjective
pseu·do·as·cet·ic , adjective
pseu·do·as·cet·i·cal , adjective
pseu·do·as·cet·i·cal·ly , adverb
un·as·cet·ic , adjective
un·as·cet·i·cal·ly , adverb

Word origin for Ascetic

C17: from Greek askētikos, from askētēs, from askein to exercise

Synonyms for Ascetic

austere, disciplined, abstinent, spartan, abstaining, abstemious, puritanical, strict