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adjective
severe in manner
Synonyms: ascetic, astringent, cold, earnest, exacting, forbidding, formal, grave, grim, hard, harsh, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, rigid, rigorous, serious, sober, solemn, somber, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, unfeeling, unrelenting
Antonyms: bland, calm, gentle, meek, mild
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adjective
refraining; abstinent
Synonyms: abstemious, ascetic, chaste, continent, economical, puritanical, self-denying, self-disciplined, sober, straightlaced, strict, subdued, unrelenting
Antonyms: elaborate, encouraging, extravagant, indulgent, spending
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adjective
grim, barren
Synonyms: bald, bare, bare-bones, bleak, clean, dour, plain, primitive, rustic, severe, simple, spare, spartan, stark, subdued, unadorned, unembellished, vanilla
Antonyms: extravagant, luxurious