Usually means: Severely simple and unadorned style.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word austere:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. austere: Merriam-Webster
  2. austere: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. austere: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. austere: Collins English Dictionary
  5. austere: Vocabulary.com
  6. Austere, austere: Wordnik
  7. austere: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. austere: Wiktionary
  9. austere: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. austere: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. austere: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Austere, austere: Dictionary.com
  13. austere: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. austere: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Austere (EP), Austere (band), Austere (song), Austere: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Austere: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. austere: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. austere: Rhymezone
  19. austere, austre: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. austere: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. austere: FreeDictionary.org
  22. austere: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. austere: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. austere: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  25. austere: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Wine Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. austere: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. austere: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Austere: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUSTERE, AUSTERE: French-English Wine Glossary
  2. Wine Taster's Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See austerely as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Grim or severe in manner or appearance.
adjective:  Lacking decoration; trivial; not extravagant or gaudy.
adjective:  Adhering to the economic policy of austerity.

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