Antonyms for austerity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : aw-ster-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ɔˈstɛr ɪ ti


Definition of austerity

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "sternness, harshness," from Old French austerite "harshness, cruelty" (14c.) and directly from Late Latin austeritatem (nominative austeritas), from austerus (see austere). Of severe self-discipline, from 1580s; hence "severe simplicity" (1875); applied during World War II to national policies limiting non-essentials as a wartime economy.
  • noun severity
  • noun refraining; abstinence
  • noun grimness, barrenness
Example sentences :
  • As a foil to his austerity, therefore, she would be audaciously gay in his presence.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Sunday comes, and brings with it a day of general gloom and austerity.
  • Extract from : « Sunday under Three Heads » by Charles Dickens
  • The sternness of age and the austerity of censoriousness are now silent.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • They will require a little wine, to mellow the austerity of age, and make them amenable to the laws.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • His laughter shocked the austerity of that same jack-pudding.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Katherine rose and gazed at him with the austerity of an inquisitor.
  • Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
  • The austerity of labour alternates, it may be added, with the pleasures of the table.
  • Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
  • It is the austerity of his talent, of course, that is in question.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • To Ernest this was the one redeeming touch to the desert's austerity.
  • Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie
  • On the contrary, even the freshest faces wore an expression of austerity.
  • Extract from : « Balthasar » by Anatole France

Synonyms for austerity

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