NOUN | artifact | stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail | the rear part of a ship |
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person | Stern, Isaac Stern | United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) | |
body | stern, buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | |
ADJECTIVE | all | stern, austere | of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor |
all | stern, grim, inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting | not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty | |
all | stern, strict, exacting | severe and unremitting in making demands | |
all | stern, austere, severe, stark | severely simple |
Sounds | ster'n | |
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Rhymes | adjourn ... yearn: 61 rhymes with ern... |
Meaning | Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect. | |
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Example | "a stern face" | |
Synonym | austere | |
Broader | nonindulgent, strict | Characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint |
Spanish | austero, duro, severo | |
Adverbs | sternly | with sternness |
Meaning | not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty. | |
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Example | "the stern demands of parenthood" | |
Synonyms | grim, inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting | |
Broader | implacable | Incapable of being placated |
Spanish | implacable, inexorable, severo | |
Catalan | implacable, inexorable, sever | |
Nouns | sternness | uncompromising resolution |
Meaning | severe and unremitting in making demands. | |
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Example | "a stern disciplinarian" | |
Synonyms | strict, exacting | |
Broader | demanding | requiring more than usually expected or thought due |
Spanish | estricto, exigente | |
Nouns | sternness | uncompromising resolution |
Meaning | severely simple. | |
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Synonyms | austere, severe, stark | |
Broader | plain | not elaborate or elaborated |
Spanish | austero, sobrio | |
Nouns | sternness | the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding / forbidding |
Meaning | The rear part of a ship. | |
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Synonyms | after part, quarter, poop, tail | |
Part of | ship | A vessel that carries passengers or freight |
Parts | escutcheon | (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed |
skeg | A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost | |
Broader | rear, back | The side that goes last or is not normally seen |
Spanish | popa | |
Catalan | popa |
Meaning | United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920). | |
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Synonym | Isaac Stern | |
Instance of | violinist, fiddler | A musician who plays the violin |
Region | Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR | A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia |
Spanish | Isaac Stern, Stern | |
Catalan | Isaac Stern, Stern |
Meaning | The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. | |
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Synonyms | buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass | |
Part of | torso, trunk, body | The body excluding the head and neck and limbs |
Broader | body part | Any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
Spanish | ancas, ano, as de oros, asentaderas, asiento, cachas, cachetes, cola, culo, fin, fondo, glúteos, grupa, keister, nalga, nalgas, ocóte, pandero, pompis, posaderas, posas, posterior, poto, rulé, suelo, trasero, tras, traste, tuje | |
Catalan | cul, darrere, keister, natges, natja, pandero, paner, posterior, tafanari |
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