stern

adjective

  1. 1

    severe and unremitting in making demands

    an exacting instructor

    a stern disciplinarian

  2. 2

    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

    an austere expression

    a stern face

  3. 3

    not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

    grim determination

    grim necessity

  4. 4

    severely simple

    a stark interior

noun

  1. 1

    the rear part of a ship

  2. 2

    United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

  3. 3

    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?

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