English dictionary
stern
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- severe and unremitting in making demands
adjective
- of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
adjective
- not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
adjective
- severely simple
noun
- the rear part of a ship
noun
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Example sentences
an exacting instructor
a stern disciplinarian
strict standards
an austere expression
a stern face
grim determination
grim necessity
Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty
relentless persecution
the stern demands of parenthood
a stark interior
he deserves a good kick in the butt
are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?