[adjective] - without comfort; plain and without decoration; severeI had an austere childhood because it was during the war and there were no luxuries then.The courtroom was a large dark chamber, an austere place.The room with its white walls was bare, austere and beautiful.She has an austere elegance in her plain grey and black clothes.He was a tall, austere, forbidding figure.
AUSTERE
Meaning of AUSTERE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012