STERN

• (noun) the rear part of a ship

  synonyms : after part , poop , quarter , tail

• (noun) 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?"

  synonyms : arse , ass , backside , behind , bottom , bum , buns , butt , buttocks , can , derriere , fanny , fundament , hind end , hindquarters , keister , nates , posterior , prat , rear , rear end , rump , seat , tail , tail end , tooshie , tush

• (noun) United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

  synonyms : isaac stern

• (adj.) severe and unremitting in making demands

  "an exacting instructor", "a stern disciplinarian", "strict standards"

  synonyms : exacting , strict

• (adj.) of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

  "an austere expression", "a stern face"

  synonyms : austere

  The matron’s austere expression was enough to terrify the children into silence. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

  "grim determination", "grim necessity", "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty", "relentless persecution", "the stern demands of parenthood"

  synonyms : grim , inexorable , relentless , unappeasable , unforgiving , unrelenting

• (adj.) severely simple

  "a stark interior"

  synonyms : austere , severe , stark

  The room was far too austere to be a child's ursery. -added by geeta_inlas

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