All austere synonyms

adj austere

• refraining — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
• stringent — rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe: stringent laws.
• somber — gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
• forbidding — grim; unfriendly; hostile; sinister: his forbidding countenance.
• rigid — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
• sober — not intoxicated or drunk.
• formal — being in accordance with the usual requirements, customs, etc.; conventional: to pay one's formal respects.
• subdued — quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled: After the argument he was much more subdued.
• rustic — of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
• unadorned — to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments: garlands of flowers adorning their hair.
• stark — sheer, utter, downright, or complete: stark madness.
• bleak — If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve.
• ascetic — An ascetic person has a way of life that is simple and strict, usually because of their religious beliefs.
• astringent — An astringent is a liquid that you put on your skin to make it less oily or to make cuts stop bleeding.
• cold — Something that is cold has a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable.
• earnest — serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous: an earnest worker.
• grave — the grave accent.
• grim — stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
• hard — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
• harsh — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
• inexorable — unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
• inflexible — not flexible; incapable of or resistant to being bent; rigid: an inflexible steel rod.
• obdurate — unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
• rigorous — characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.
• serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
• solemn — grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood: solemn remarks.
• stern — rear of boat
• stiff — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
• strict — characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals.
• unfeeling — not feeling; devoid of feeling; insensible or insensate.
• unrelenting — not relenting; not yielding or swerving in determination or resolution, as of or from opinions, convictions, ambitions, ideals, etc.; inflexible: an unrelenting opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment.
• abstemious — Someone who is abstemious avoids doing too much of something enjoyable such as eating or drinking.
• chaste — If you describe a person or their behaviour as chaste, you mean that they do not have sex with anyone, or they only have sex with their husband or wife.
• continent — A continent is a very large area of land, such as Africa or Asia, that consists of several countries.
• economical — avoiding waste or extravagance; thrifty: an economical meal; an economical use of interior space.
• puritanical — very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere.
• self-denying — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
• self-discipline — discipline and training of oneself, usually for improvement: Acquiring the habit of promptness requires self-discipline.
• bald — Someone who is bald has little or no hair on the top of their head.
• bare — If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
• clean — Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
• dour — sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
• plain — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
• primitive — being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, especially in an early age of the world: primitive forms of life.
• severe — harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.
• simple — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
• spare — to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
• spartan — Also, Spartanic [spahr-tan-ik] /spɑrˈtæn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to Sparta or its people.
• unembellished — to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.
• vanilla — any tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla, especially V. planifolia, bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food, in perfumery, etc.