austere

/ɔːstˈi‍ə/

/ɔˈstɪɹ/

austere

sévère

simple in design or style and lacking embellishments

Synonymes : severe

austère

describing a lifestyle that is simple without being enjoyable or pleasing

Synonymes : ascetic

Exemples

1. Your personality or manners can also be austere.

2. They live an austere life.

3. An austere life is a life with no luxuries, without excesses.

4. So people already have a fairly austere salary, and turnover is happening fairly rapidly.