severely simple; a stark interior

[ Syn: severe , stark , stern ]

of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; an austere expression; a stern face

[ Syn: stern ]

practicing great self-denial; Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it- William James; a desert nomads austere life; a spartan diet; a spartan existence

[ Syn: ascetic , ascetical , spartan ]