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stern

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

Nouns

• (n) the rear part of a ship after part, poop, tail, quarter,
• (n) United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) Isaac Stern,
• (n) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  • he deserves a good kick in the butt
  • are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
  arse, ass, behind, buns, buttocks, derriere, fanny, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear end, tooshie, tush, backside, fundament, seat, bottom, rump, tail end, bum, butt, can, rear, tail,

Synonyms

after part poop tail quarter austere Isaac Stern grim inexorable relentless unappeasable unrelenting unforgiving exacting strict arse ass behind buns buttocks derriere fanny hind end hindquarters keister nates posterior prat rear end tooshie tush backside fundament seat bottom rump tail end bum butt can rear stark severe

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