Crossword-Solution: AUSTERE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Austere | - | Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine. |
| Austere | - | Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life. |
| Austere | - | Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EARET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with AUSTERE (5)
Therefore just Heaven hath an eye on thee; Howbeit not yet with aspect so austere As thou shalt soon experience, if indeed These banded hosts are moving against Thebes.
The economy slowed in 1990-91, however, and Bridgetown's declining hard currency reserves and inability to finance its deficits have caused it to adopt an austere economic reform program.
Her sufferings were physical as well as mental, for over one eye rose a hideous, plum-coloured swelling, which her maid, a tall, austere woman, was bathing assiduously with vinegar and water.
Alone on earth, the Church affirms that God himself is bound by reason.” The other priest raised his austere face to the spangled sky and said: “Yet who knows if in that infinite universe--?” “Only infinite physically,” said the little priest, turning sharply in his seat, “not infinite in the sense of escaping from the laws of truth.” Valentin behind his tree was tearing his fingernails with silent fury.
Their life seemed miles away from the life of the Piazza, and no doubt it was really too late to make the austere Juliana change her habits.
Quotes with AUSTERE (3)
I flung open the door. I got a momentary flash of about a hundred and fifteen cats of all sizes and colours scrapping in the middle of the room, and then they all shot past me with a rush and out of the front door; and all that was left of the mobscene was the head of a whacking big fish, lying on the carpet and staring up at me in a rather austere sort of way, as if it wanted a written explanation and apology.
He had awoken too late for happiness, but not for strength, and could feel an austere joy, as of a warrior who is homeless but stands fully armed.
Another part of the Puritan legacy is the belief that no one should have joy or abundance until everyone does, a belief that austere at one end, in the deprivation it endorses, and fantastical in the other, since it awaits a universal utopia. Joy sneaks in anyway, abundance cascades forth uninvited... Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated, and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.
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Appears in: Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 78 times in crossword archives (1947–2025).