English-Thai Dictionary

austere

ADJ เคร่งครัด  เคร่งครัด  เคร่ง  เข้มงวด  severe khreng-khrad

 

austere

ADJ ไม่ หรูหรา  เรียบง่าย  plain mai-ru-ra

 

austerely

ADV อย่างเข้มงวด ใน วินัย 

 

austereness

N ความเข้มงวด ใน วินัย  ความ มัธยัสถ์ อดออม 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AUSTERE

a.[L. Austerus.] 1. Severe; harsh; rigid; stern; applied to persons; as an austere master; an austere look.
2. Sour; harsh; rough to the taste; applied to things; as austere fruit, or wine.

 

AUSTERELY

adv. Severely; rigidly; harshly.

 

AUSTERENESS

n. 1. Severity in manners; harshness; austerity.
2. Roughness in taste.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AUSTERE

Aus *tere ", Etym: [F. austère, L. austerus, fr. Gr. Sear. ]

 

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.

 

AUSTERELY

AUSTERELY Aus *tere "ly, adv.

 

Defn: Severely; rigidly; sternly. A doctrine austerely logical. Macaulay.

 

AUSTERENESS

AUSTERENESS Aus *tere "ness, n.

 

1. Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity. Johnson.

 

2. Severity; strictness; austerity. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

austere

aus tere |ôˈsti (ə )r ɔˈstɪ (ə )r | ▶adjective ( austerer, austerest ) severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance: an austere man, with a rigidly puritanical outlook | an austere expression. • (of living conditions or a way of life ) having no comforts or luxuries; harsh or ascetic: conditions in the prison could hardly be more austere. • having an extremely plain and simple style or appearance; unadorned: the cathedral is impressive in its austere simplicity. • (of an economic policy or measure ) designed to reduce a budget deficit, esp. by cutting public expenditure. DERIVATIVES aus tere ly adverb ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin austerus, from Greek austēros ‘severe. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

austere

austere |ɒˈstɪə, ɔː -| ▶adjective ( austerer, austerest ) severe or strict in manner or attitude: he was an austere man, with a rigidly puritanical outlook. • (of living conditions or a way of life ) having no comforts or luxuries: conditions in the prison could hardly be more austere. • having a plain and unadorned appearance: the cathedral is impressive in its austere simplicity. DERIVATIVES austerely adverb ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin austerus, from Greek austēros ‘severe ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

austere

austere adjective 1 an outwardly austere man: severe, stern, strict, harsh, steely, flinty, dour, grim, cold, frosty, unemotional, unfriendly; formal, stiff, reserved, aloof, forbidding; grave, solemn, serious, unsmiling, unsympathetic, unforgiving; hard, unyielding, unbending, inflexible; informal hard-boiled. ANTONYMS genial. 2 an austere life: ascetic, self-denying, self-disciplined, nonindulgent, frugal, spartan, puritanical, abstemious, abstinent, self-sacrificing, strict, temperate, sober, simple, restrained; celibate, chaste. ANTONYMS immoderate. 3 the buildings were austere: plain, simple, basic, functional, modest, unadorned, unembellished, unfussy, restrained; stark, bleak, bare, clinical, spartan, ascetic; informal no-frills, bare-bones. ANTONYMS ornate. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See severe . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

austere

austere adjective 1 he was a conscientious and outwardly austere man: severe, stern, strict, harsh, unfeeling, stony, steely, flinty, dour, grim, cold, frosty, frigid, icy, chilly, unemotional, unfriendly, formal, stiff, stuffy, reserved, remote, distant, aloof, forbidding, grave, solemn, serious, unsmiling, unsympathetic, unforgiving, uncharitable; hard, rigorous, stringent, unyielding, unbending, unrelenting, inflexible, illiberal, no-nonsense; informal hard-boiled, hard-nosed; Austral. /NZ informal solid. ANTONYMS genial. 2 I still enjoy this austere and disciplined life: strict, self-denying, self-abnegating, moderate, temperate, sober, simple, frugal, spartan, restrained, self-restrained, self-disciplined, non-indulgent, ascetic, puritanical, self-sacrificing, hair-shirt, abstemious, abstinent, celibate, chaste, continent; moral, upright. ANTONYMS immoderate. 3 the buildings around me were understated and austere: plain, simple, basic, functional, modest, unadorned, undecorated, unornamented, unembellished, unostentatious, unfurnished, uncluttered, unfussy, without frills, subdued, muted, restrained; stark, bleak, bare, bald, clinical, sombre, severe, spartan, ascetic; informal no frills. ANTONYMS ornate.

 

French Dictionary

austère

austère adj. adjectif Qui se prive des douceurs de la vie, sévère. : Une vie austère.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

austere

aus tere /ɔːstɪ́ə r /〖原義は 2 〗形容詞 1 ｟ほめて ｠〈建物 作品などが 〉飾り気のない, 簡素な (simple ).2 ｟非難して ｠〈人 性格 規則などが 〉まじめな ; 厳しい, 厳格な (strict ).3 〈生活が 〉質素な, 禁欲的な .4 〈財政が 〉質素倹約の, 緊縮の .～ly 副詞