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austere
adjective /ɒstɪə(ɹ),ɔːstɪə(ɹ),ɔˈstijɹ/
a) Grim or severe in manner or appearance

The headmistress was an austere old woman.

b) Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy

The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.

Syn: stern, strict, forbidding, simple, plain, unadorned, unembellished
Ant: overwrought, flamboyant, extravagant, gaudy, flashy

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