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her austere mode of life has been carried too far. — The Letters of Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart;
• rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral; ascetic; abstinent, ( ;
); I was at the London Oratory yesterday for the Good Friday
service: magnificently austere, which isn't a word you usually associate with
that church. — Telegraph Blogs;
• (stern)- hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character;
• (spartan)-suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and
rigorously simple, frugal, or austere, ( - ;
); The decor in the bedroom was spartan, the
bedstead and matching bureau and vanity table stained and scratched. —
AHMM,September2008;
• (severe)- harsh; unnecessarily extreme; So severe was the shock and so
vivid the sense of a Providential escape, that scarcely a word was spoken
during the drive home. — The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss;
• serious or stern in manner or appearance;
• rigidly restrained in style, taste, manner, etc.; simple, plain, or austere;
• (severity)- harshness, sternness, or rigor, ( ; ; ;
); Some theological schools are distinguished for their severity, and
others for their sentimentalism. — Sermons to the Natural Man;
• (stiffness)- rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex, ( , ,
); His manners were courteous and grave, and quite free
from stiffness or affectation. — Bismarck and the Foundation of the German
Empire;
• (rigor)- strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people, ( ;
); He was treated with rigor, and full employment was provided for
every hour of his time. — Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale;
• (rigorous)- characterized by or acting with rigor; One winter was
so rigorous, that many of the Sisters made up their minds to be frozen; a later
one was, if possible, still more severe. — The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary
of the Incarnation;
• (stringent)- rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe, ( ; ;
; ); He accordingly issued stringent orders to the men that no noise
of any description should be made, and not a word be uttered; and there was
little necessity to repeat this command. — A Life of Gen Robert E Lee;
voyeur = peeping tom
• (voyeur)- a person who derives sexual gratification from observing the