- 1simple and plain; without any decorations her austere bedroom with its simple narrow bed Their clothes were always austere.
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- 2(of a person) strict and serious in appearance and behavior My father was a distant, austere man.
- 3allowing nothing that gives pleasure; not comfortable the monks' austere way of life
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