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   stern

   /stəːn/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline: "a smile transformed his stern face" Similar seriousunsmilingfrowningpoker-facedsevereforbiddinggrimunfriendlysombregravesoberausteredourstonyflintysteelyunrelentingunyieldingunforgivingunbendingunsympatheticdisapprovingrare:Rhadamanthineinformal:boot-facedOpposite genialfriendly
   • ▪ (of an act or statement) strict and severe: "stern measures to restrict vehicle growth" Similar strictseverestringentharshdrastichardtoughfierceextremerigorousrigidexactingdemandinguncompromisingunsparinginflexibleauthoritariandraconianinformal:badasssolidOpposite lenientlax
   • ▪ (of competition or opposition) putting someone or something under extreme pressure: "the past year has been a stern test of the ability of British industry"

   Word Origin Old Englishstyrne, probably from the West Germanic base of the verb stare.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sternness noun

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   The meaning of STERN is having a definite hardness or severity of nature or manner : austere. How to use stern in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Stern.

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   STERN definition: 1. severe, or showing disapproval: 2. If something, such as a job, is stern, it is difficult: 3…. Learn more.

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   Stern implies uncompromising, inflexible firmness, and sometimes a hard, forbidding, or withdrawn aspect or nature: a stern parent. Severe implies strictness, lack of sympathy, and a tendency to impose a hard discipline on others: a severe judge.

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   1. showing uncompromising or inflexible resolve; firm, strict, or authoritarian. 2. lacking leniency or clemency; harsh or severe. 3. relentless; unyielding: the stern demands of parenthood. 4. having an austere or forbidding appearance or nature.

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   characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint. adjective. severe and unremitting in making demands. “a stern disciplinarian”. synonyms: exacting, strict. demanding. requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill. adjective. severely simple.