austerer
Even more spartan
Austerer is the comparative form of austere, meaning more severe, stark, or stripped of ornament.
Something austerer than another is plainer, stricter, or more self-denying: The monastery's regime grew austerer each year.
While "more austere" is more common in speech, austerer appears in formal writing.
Unpleasantly severe or rough
- rigorousExtremely thorough and careful
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- inflexibleUnable to bend
relentless · grim · stark · exacting · draconian · punitive · unforgiving · implacable
Cloistered religious devotee
- nunHebrew alphabet's fourteenth
- hermitPerson choosing total seclusion
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
fasting · meditation · piety · celibacy · sobriety · temperance · restraint · discipline
Thinly scattered or distributed
- bareLacking any covering
- unadornedLacking decoration or ornament
- plainBasic and unremarkable
- simpleFree of complexity
unembellished · functional · stripped · clean · stark · utilitarian · monastic · understated
harsh
Unpleasantly severe or rough
- rigorousExtremely thorough and careful
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
inflexible · relentless · grim · stark · exacting · draconian · punitive · unforgiving · implacable · demanding
monk
Cloistered religious devotee
- nunHebrew alphabet's fourteenth
- hermitPerson choosing total seclusion
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
renunciation · fasting · meditation · piety · celibacy · sobriety · temperance · restraint · discipline · asceticism
sparse
Thinly scattered or distributed
simple · unembellished · functional · stripped · clean · stark · utilitarian · monastic · understated · restrained
- austerity measuresPolicies reducing government spending
- fiscal austerityReduced government expenditure policy
- austerity policiesReduced public spending programs
austere, austerity, austerely, austerities, austerest, austereness