Austere

/ɒstɪə(ɹ)/

adjective

  1. Grim or severe in manner or appearance

    The headmistress was an austere old woman.

  2. Lacking decoration; trivial; not extravagant or gaudy

    The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.

Synonyms: forbidding, stern, strict, plain, simple, unadorned, unembellished

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