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stern1
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- pronunciation:
- stuhrn
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
sterner, sternest |
| definition 1: |
firm and uncompromising.
His father had a stern will, and no one could persuade him differently once his mind was made up.Stern actions will have to be taken in the light of this crime.- synonyms:
- firm, rigorous, severe, strict
- antonyms:
- flexible, lenient, soft
- similar words:
- adamant, determined, dour, Draconian, exacting, grim, hard, imperious, inflexible, obdurate, overbearing, resolute, rigid, stiff, stringent, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding
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| definition 2: |
grim or forbidding.
His face was stern, and we knew then that we were in trouble.- synonyms:
- austere, dour, forbidding, grim
- antonyms:
- friendly, genial, gentle
- similar words:
- cold, gloomy, grave, hard, hardhearted, harsh, Spartan, stark, sullen, unbending, uninviting, unkind
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| related words: |
austere, relentless, solemn, stony, strong |
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| derivations: |
sternly (adj.), sternness (n.) |
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