austere
aw stir
- s severely simple
- s of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
an austere expression - s practicing great self-denial
a desert nomad's austere life
- Despite her riches, she led a very austere life.
- Also on the estate is an austere farmhouse from which William Devereux Zantzinger, 24, runs one of the most prosperous tobacco operations in Charles County.
- What is most memorable about the austere, white-walled villas that he built after World War I in and around Paris is their cool beauty and their airy sense of space.