Stern (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Severely simple; "a stark interior".
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Meaning 2
Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face".
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Meaning 3
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".
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Meaning 4
Severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards".
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