ASCETIC

(noun) someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
synonyms : abstainer
The ascetic lived a solitary life. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
"ascetic practices"
synonyms : ascetical
His ascetic practices made him a difficult man to live with. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) practicing great self-denial
"Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it", "a desert nomad's austere life", "a spartan diet", "a spartan existence"
synonyms : ascetical , austere , spartan
The monk devoted himself to an austere life in the forest. -added by naila_inlas
The man devoted himself to an ascetic existence in the mountains. -added by naila_inlas

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(Tag: Global) ascetic ~ acidic; he is living ascetic life by drinking and eating only acidic things (not good in taste) and avoid anything have good taste.
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Mnemonics for ascetic

(Tag: ) someone who leaves all AESTHETICs is an ascetic
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(Tag: ) sounds like acetic—remember acetic acid(vinegar)i.e., sour in taste, one who has made is life sour in taste, i.e., away from pleasures for religious purposes
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(Tag: Hindi) Aastic(Opposite of Nastic) Is ascetic
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(Tag: ) ASS+SEPTIC(infected)....a person who has got highly SEPTIC ASS will be a ASCETIC.......he cannot live a normal life....
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(Tag: ) abstemious or abstemious zealot.
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(Tag: ) Ascetic = Someone who lives ascetic life.
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(Tag: hindi) ascetic means nastik in hindi... remember amithabh bacchan's film nastik.. where doesn believe in god
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(Tag: ) A Serious Clergy Excludes the taking (TIC) of material comforts from his life, and practise rigid self-denial.
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