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Showing words for AUSTERE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Austere

austere, euaster, sautree

6 Letter Words for Austere

aretes, asteer, atreus, auster, autere, easter, eaters, esture, reates, reatus, reaute, reseat, reseau, retuse, saeter, sauter, seater, staree, steare, suerte, teaser, tereus, urates, urease

5 Letter Words for Austere

arest, arete, arets, artus, aster, astre, atees, aures, autre, earst, easer, eater, erase, ester, estre, rates, ratus, reast, reate, reest, resat, reset, resue, retes, reuse, saute, seare, serau, serta, serut, setae, stare, stear, steer, stere, strae, strue, sture, surat, sutra, tares, tarse, taser, tears, tease, teers, teras, tereu, terse, treas, trees, trues, tsere, turse, urase, urate, ureas, ursae, uster, utees

4 Letter Words for Austere

ares, aret, arte, arts, astr, ates, aute, ears, ease, east, eats, eaus, eras, erat, eres, erse, erst, esau, etas, etua, eure, rast, rate, rats, ratu, rees, reet, rest, rete, rets, rues, rusa, ruse, rust, ruta, ruts, sare, sart, sate, saur, saut, sear, seat, seer, sere, sert, seta, star, ster, stra, stre, stue, suer, suet, sura, sure, tare, tars, tasu, taur, taus, tear, teas, teer, tees, tera, tree, tres, true, tues, urea, ures, ursa, usar, usee, user, utas, utes

3 Letter Words for Austere

aer, aes, are, ars, art, aru, ase, ast, ate, ear, eas, eat, eau, eer, era, ere, ers, ert, ese, esr, est, esu, eta, ras, rat, rea, ree, res, rte, rue, rut, sar, sat, sau, sea, see, ser, set, sta, str, sue, sur, tar, tas, tau, tea, tee, ter, tes, tra, trs, tua, tue, tur, ura, ure, urs, usa, use, ust, uta, ute, uts

Definitions for Austere

[1] severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding: an austere teacher.
[2] rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral; ascetic; abstinent: the austere quality of life in the convent.
[3] grave; sober; solemn; serious: an austere manner.
[4] without excess, luxury, or ease; simple; limited; severe: an austere life.
[5] severely simple; without ornament: austere writing.
[6] lacking softness; hard: an austere bed of straw.
[7] rough to the taste; sour or harsh in flavor.
[8] stern or severe in attitude or manner an austere schoolmaster
[9] grave, sober, or serious an austere expression
[10] self-disciplined, abstemious, or ascetic an austere life
[11] severely simple or plain an austere design

Words related to Austere

stringent, somber, forbidding, rigid, exacting, sober, formal, subdued, rustic, unadorned, stark, bleak, ascetic, astringent, cold, earnest, grave, grim, hard, harsh

Words nearby Austere

austenite, austenitic, austenitic stainless steel, austenitize, auster, austere, austerity, austerlitz, austin, austin flint murmur, austin friar

Origin of Austere

1300–50; Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Latin austērus < Greek austērós harsh, rough, bitter

Other words from Austere

aus·tere·ly , adverb
aus·tere·ness , noun
un·aus·tere , adjective
un·aus·tere·ly , adverb

Word origin for Austere

C14: from Old French austère, from Latin austērus sour, from Greek austēros astringent; related to Greek hauein to dry

Synonyms for Austere

exacting, forbidding, formal, rigid, sober, somber, stringent, ascetic, astringent, cold, earnest, grave, grim, hard, harsh, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, rigorous, serious, solemn, stern, stiff, strict, unfeeling, unrelenting