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austere
adjective
°Grim or severe in manner or appearance.
"The headmistress was an austere old woman."
°Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy.
"The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour."
synonyms: stern, strict, forbidding, simple more» , plain, unadorned, unembellished