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Synonyms for stern
stɜrnstern
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Wiktionary
stern2
Antonyms:
bow
English Synonyms and Antonyms
stern
That is severe which is devoid of all softness, mildness, tenderness, indulgence or levity, or (in literature and art) devoid of unnecessary ornament, amplification, or embellishment of any kind; as, a severe style; as said of anything painful, severe signifies such as heavily taxes endurance or resisting power; as, a severe pain, fever, or winter. Rigid signifies primarily stiff, resisting any effort to change its shape; a corpse is said to be rigid in death; hence, in metaphorical sense, a rigid person or character is one that resists all efforts to change the will or course of conduct; a rigid rule or statement is one that admits of no deviation. Rigorous is nearly akin to rigid, but is a stronger word, having reference to action or active qualities, as rigid does to state or character; a rigid rule may be rigorously enforced. Strict (Latin stringo, bind) signifies bound or stretched tight, tense, strenuously exact. Stern unites harshness and authority with strictness or severity; stern, as said even of inanimate objects, suggests something authoritative or forbidding. Austere signifies severely simple or temperate, strict in self-restraint or discipline, and similarly unrelenting toward others. We speak of austere morality, rigid rules, rigorous discipline, stern commands, severe punishment, harsh speech or a harsh voice, hard requirements, strict injunctions, and strict obedience. Strict discipline holds one exactly and unflinchingly to the rule; rigorous discipline punishes severely any infraction of it. The austere character is seldom lovely, but it is always strong and may be grand, commanding, and estimable.
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austere, hard, harsh, inexorable, inflexible, morose, relentless, rigid, rigorous, severe, stiff, strict, uncompromising, unmitigated, unrelenting, unyieldingAntonyms:
affable, bland, easy, genial, gentle, indulgent, lenient, mild, pliable, soft, sweet, tender, tractable, yielding
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
stern
Synonyms:
severe, austere, rigid, harsh, strict, rigorous, unrelenting, unyielding, forbiddingAntonyms:
lenient, genial, kindly, easy, flexible, encouraging
Princeton's WordNet
stern, after part, quarter, poop, tailnoun
the rear part of a ship
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fourth, fag end, tail, seat, nincompoop, butt, shite, quarter, shadower, can, nates, quartern, crap, shadow, fundament, low-down, posterior, buttocks, behind, shit, ninny, bottom, twenty-five percent, backside, bum, empennage, fourth part, tail assembly, buns, the skinny, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, one-quarter, turd, dirt, hind end, rump, keister, ass, prat, arse, fanny, rear, tush, after part, poop, one-fourth, dope, rear endAntonyms:
placable, fancy, indulgent, undemandingStern, Isaac Sternnoun
United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
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rear end, after part, tooshie, quarter, tush, derriere, fanny, bottom, backside, buttocks, hind end, rump, tail, bum, prat, rear, can, behind, butt, hindquarters, ass, arse, posterior, buns, fundament, nates, seat, tail end, keister, poopAntonyms:
placable, fancy, indulgent, undemandingbuttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, assadjective
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
"he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
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screw, arse, keister, female genital organ, substructure, stinkpot, goat, cornerstone, lavatory, git, croup, arsehole, butt, shadower, crapper, commode, throne, skunk, base, tooshie, foundation, butt end, lav, derriere, can buoy, shag, place, seat, prat, bottomland, hind end, behind, tin can, scum bag, asshole, freighter, understructure, ass, stub, backside, after part, female genitals, tramp, female genitalia, idler, nookie, toilet, piece of tail, laughingstock, shtup, poop, foot, screwing, posterior, potty, bathroom, quarter, do-nothing, back end, dirty dog, tush, tail, merchantman, canful, can, croupe, butt joint, john, back tooth, bunghole, nates, rat, rump, nooky, pot, back, privy, underside, piece of ass, rear end, rear, layabout, bottom, buns, merchant ship, undersurface, tail assembly, hobo, loafer, fundament, stool, roll in the hay, empennage, rotter, so-and-so, stooge, target, stinker, buttocks, bottom of the inning, hindquarters, bum, cigaret, coffin nail, tin, crumb, groundwork, shadow, fag end, cigarette, bed, basis, tail end, fanny, lowlife, pukeAntonyms:
placable, undemanding, indulgent, fancyaustere, sternadjective
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
"an austere expression"; "a stern face"
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exacting, stark, spartan, severe, unrelenting, strict, inexorable, austere, ascetical, unappeasable, relentless, ascetic, grim, unforgivingAntonyms:
undemanding, fancy, indulgent, placablegrim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelentingadjective
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
"grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"
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down(p), dispirited, downcast, intransigent, brutal, exacting, severe, forbidding, persistent, austere, dismal, dark, sick, disconsolate, black, grisly, low, unrelenting, down in the mouth, blue, unappeasable, gruesome, macabre, downhearted, grim, mordant, stark, dour, adamantine, strict, relentless, unforgiving, sorry, gloomy, drab, ghastly, depressed, dingy, inexorable, dreary, drear, low-spirited, adamantAntonyms:
indulgent, undemanding, placable, fancystern, strict, exactingadjective
severe and unremitting in making demands
"an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"
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severe, hard-and-fast, stark, relentless, grim, exigent, strict, inexorable, unrelenting, unappeasable, nonindulgent, exacting, unforgiving, austere, fastidious, rigorous, rigidAntonyms:
undemanding, placable, indulgent, fancyaustere, severe, stark, sternadjective
severely simple
"a stark interior"
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life-threatening, perfect(a), consummate(a), unadulterated, double-dyed(a), austere, serious, ascetic, bare, arrant(a), stark, severe, desolate, staring(a), unrelenting, grievous, sodding(a), unappeasable, grave, everlasting(a), crude(a), dangerous, wicked, complete(a), hard, gross(a), terrible, stark(a), pure(a), relentless, barren, unforgiving, blunt, grim, bleak, inexorable, exacting, thoroughgoing(a), strict, ascetical, utter(a), spartan, knockoutAntonyms:
indulgent, placable, fancy, undemanding
Editors Contribution
strictadjective
being able to give discipline with no regret
mrs.bianca is a very stern, but nice teacher.
Dictionary of English Synonymes
sternadjective
Synonyms:
forbidding, austere, severe, rigidsternadjective
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harsh, cruel, bitter, rigorous, strict, hard, unrelenting, inflexible, uncompromisingsternnoun
Synonyms:
hinder part (of a vessel)
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
sternadjective
Synonyms:
austere, rigorous, exacting, strict, hard-hearted
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How to use stern in a sentence?
What's shocking is that on June 15, the Indian side severely violated our consensus and twice crossed the border line and provoked and attacked the Chinese forces, causing a violent physical confrontation between the two border forces, china is raising strong opposition and stern representations to the Indian side on this.
Life has one vast stern likeness in its gloom
Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
Bam! This hit the port quarter, picked up the ship and broke the stern off, the guys were sleeping back there, we lost a lot.
It was like I came out of a coma and realized this was not normal and this is not how you do business, i know other people who've heard the story say 'How did a guy with a PhD fall victim?' I was the perfect victim. I've never been audited, never paid a traffic ticket. I don't know how to pay fines. How do I know they aren't stern and serious about everything?
Translations for stern
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- صارِم, مُتَشَدّدArabic
- кърма, негостоприемен, неприветлив, мрачен, суров, строг, твърд, недружелюбенBulgarian
- sever, popaCatalan, Valencian
- záďCzech
- starnWelsh
- agterende, agterstævnDanish
- Heck, streng, Schiffshinterteil, HinterschiffGerman
- βλοσυρός, πρύμνη, αυστηρόςGreek
- severaEsperanto
- severo, popaSpanish
- ahterEstonian
- ankara, perä, ahteriFinnish
- poupeFrench
- deireadhIrish
- gruamachScottish Gaelic
- popaGalician
- szigorú, tat, hajótat, zord, ridegHungarian
- skuturIcelandic
- austero, arcigno, duro, inflessibile, poppa, rigido, severoItalian
- ירכתי ספינהHebrew
- 荘厳, 船尾, 厳格Japanese
- სასტიკიGeorgian
- 선미Korean
- puppis, firmatusLatin
- makikiMāori
- achterstevenDutch
- akter, akterendeNorwegian
- rufaPolish
- austero, rígido, severo, popaPortuguese
- sever, durRomanian
- строгий, мрачный, суровый, кормаRussian
- jak, grubost, strogost, čvrst, snažan, čeličan, surovostSerbo-Croatian
- neúprosný, prísny, korma, neprívetivý, tvrdýSlovak
- barsk, hård, rigorös, strikt, sträng, akterSwedish
- దృ ern మైనTelugu
- sert, haşin, katıTurkish
- nghiêm khắcVietnamese
- pödanaf, pödastevVolapük
- הינטערבאָרטYiddish
- 凛凛Chinese
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