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Austereness

Definition: Austereness

Austereness

Noun

1. Extreme plainness.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "austereness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1604. (references)


Synonym: Austereness

Synonym: severeness (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translation: Austereness

Language Translations for "austereness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

严肃 (Austere, Austerities, Austerity, serious, severity, sombre). (various references)

   

French

  

continence. (various references)

   

German

  

Enthaltsamkeit (abstemiousness, abstinence, chastity, continence, moderation, teetotalism, temperance, total abstinence). (various references)

   

Italian

  

astinenza (abstemiousness, abstinence). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

엄격 (Austerities, Austerity, severity). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

austerenessay

   

Russian 

  

суровость (asperity, austerity, dourness, hardness, inclemency, rigour, severeness, severity, sternness). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

abstinencia (abstemiousness, abstention, abstinence, restraint, teetotalism, temperance, total abstinence). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự nghiêm khắc (austerity, rigidity), sự khắt khe (austerity), sự khổ hạnh (austerity), sự giản dị khắc khổ vị chát (austerity), sự chặt chẽ sự mộc mạc (austerity), sự chân phương sự khắc khổ (austerity). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Austereness

Derivations

Words beginning with "austereness": austerenesses. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Austereness"

Words rhyming with "austereness" (pronounced 'Aus*tere"ness'): Abruptness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Acuteness, Adaptness, Adeptness, Adroitness, Adultness, Albiness, Alertness, Allness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Animoseness, Antiqueness, Apartness, Apertness, Aptness, Archness, Arguteness, Augustness, Averseness, Badness, Baldness, Bareness, Baseness, Bigness, Blackness, Blandness, Blankness, Blindness, Blitheness, Blondness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Boldness, Braveness, Briefness, brightness, Briskness, Broadness, Brownness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Business, Calmness, Cavalierness, Chasteness. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Austereness

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-n-r-s-s-s-t-u"

-1 letter: anestruses, truenesses.

-2 letters: assenters, esterases, sarsenets, sauternes, terseness.

-3 letters: anestrus, anureses, assenter, earnests, enureses, esterase, estruses, sarsenet, saunters, sauterne, sensates, serenate, serenest, sureness, tesserae, trueness, unstress.

-4 letters: assents, asserts, assures, austere, earnest, eastern, easters, ensures, entases, entrees, natures, nearest, nesters, neuters, renests, reseats, reseaus, resents, retenes, retunes, russets, santurs, sarsens, sateens, saunter, searest, seaters.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-n-r-s-s-s-t-u"
 

+2 letters: adventuresses, austerenesses, neutralnesses, tearfulnesses.

 

+3 letters: abstrusenesses, accuratenesses, extraneousness, gratefulnesses, obduratenesses.

 

+4 letters: fortunatenesses, lucrativenesses, masterfulnesses, mismeasurements, prematurenesses, superlativeness, temerariousness, treacherousness, uncertainnesses, unearthlinesses.

 

+5 letters: amateurishnesses, articulatenesses, creaturelinesses, disreputableness, extraneousnesses, figurativenesses, fraudulentnesses, outrageousnesses, stoutheartedness, ungratefulnesses, unrestrainedness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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