stern - Meaning in Sanskrit

stern - Meaning in Sanskrit

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Definitions and Meaning of stern in English

stern adjective

1. severe and unremitting in making demands

   Synonyms

   exacting, strict

   Examples

   • "a stern disciplinarian"
   • "an exacting instructor"
   • "strict standards"
2. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

   Synonyms

   austere

   Examples

   • "a stern face"
   • "an austere expression"
3. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

   Synonyms

   grim, grim, inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting

   Examples

   • "grim determination"
   • "grim necessity"
   • "relentless persecution"
   • "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"
   • "the stern demands of parenthood"
4. severely simple

   Synonyms

   austere, severe, stark, stark

   Example

   • "a stark interior"

Stern noun

1. United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

   Synonyms

   Isaac Stern, Stern, Stern

stern noun

1. the rear part of a ship

   Synonyms

   after part, poop, poop, quarter, tail

2. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

   Synonyms

   arse, ass, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, bum, buns, butt, butt, buttocks, can, can, can, derriere, fanny, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear end, rear, rump, rump, seat, tail end, tail, tooshie, tush, tush

   Examples

   • "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
   • "he deserves a good kick in the butt"

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