stern
adjective
- 1
severe and unremitting in making demands
an exacting instructor
a stern disciplinarian
- 2
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
an austere expression
a stern face
- 3
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
grim determination
grim necessity
- 4
severely simple
a stark interior
noun
- 1
the rear part of a ship
- 2
United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
- 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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