Austerity
[ɒ'sterɪtɪ;ɔː-] or [ɔ'stɛrəti]
Definition
(noun.) the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures).
Typist: Tyler--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Sourness and harshness to the taste.
(n.) Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
(n.) Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Severity, rigor, sternness, harshness, asceticism.
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Examples
- He spoke calmly, however, without austerity, without reproach, and she revived a little. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I call her Esther Summerson, says Mrs. Chadband with austerity. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He examined my face, I thought, with austerity, as I came near: the traces of tears were doubtless very visible upon it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- On account of your austerity and shyness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- His countenance rather gained in austerity; and he scarcely opened his lips. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Firmness his countenance still indicated, but not austerity. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She received her with reserve, bade her be seated with austerity, and when she got her placed opposite, she fixed her with her eye. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She was a lively young woman, sir, before marriage, and their gloom and austerity destroyed her. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- With a Roman austerity, I show my empty purse and Percival's to the shrinking public gaze. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He then took himself to a neighbouring hospice and gave himself up to scourgings and austerities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The shadow of the times fell upon him, and, like Buddha, he took to the religious life and at first set no limit to his austerities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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