austere
/ɒˈstɪə/
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American sound/ɒˈstɪə/
ɒˈstɪə
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ɒ - ˈstɪə -> austere
Myanmar meaning
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austere /ɒ'stÇǝ(r), ↄ:'stÇǝ(r)/ adj
၁။ စည်းကမ်းကြီးသော။ အကျင့်ခြိုးခြံသော။ My father was always a rath- er distant, austere figure. အဖေဟာ အရောတဝင် မနေဘူး။ စည်းကမ်းလည်းကြီးတယ်။ ❍ monks leading simple, austere lives.
၂။ ရိုးရိုးလေး။ The room was furnished in austere style. austerely adv
❏ austerity /ɒ'sterǝti, ↄ:-/ n
၁။ [U] ခြိုးခြံခြင်း။ the austerity of the government's economic measures ❍ War was followed by many years of austerity.
၂။ [C usu pl ] ချွေတာရေး။ Wartime austerities included food rationing and shortage of fuel.
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severe, strict, stern, grave, sober, ascetic, serious, rigorous, Spartan, abstemious, astringent, bald, bare, bare-bones, barren, basic, bleak, chaste, clean, cold, continent, dour, earnest, economical, exacting, forbidding, formal, grim, hard, harsh, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, plain, primitive, puritanical, refraining; abstinent, rigid, rustic, self-denying, self-disciplined, simple, solemn, somber, spare, sparse, stark, stiff, straightlaced, stringent, subdued, unadorned, undecorated, unembellished, unfeeling, unrelenting, unsmiling, vanilla
Antonyms
bland, calm, comfortable, elaborate, encouraging, excited, extravagant, flexible, gentle, indulgent, luxurious, meek, mild, ornate, spending
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