sterner Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
   austere; stern.
   
   • an austere expression
   • a stern face
2. adjective satellite not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
   unrelenting; inexorable; unappeasable; relentless; stern; unforgiving; grim.
   
   • grim determination
   • grim necessity
   • Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty
   • relentless persecution
   • the stern demands of parenthood
3. adjective satellite severe and unremitting in making demands
   strict; exacting; stern.
   
   • an exacting instructor
   • a stern disciplinarian
   • strict standards
4. adjective satellite severely simple
   severe; austere; stark; stern.
   
   • a stark interior

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