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- [sturn]
- /stɜrn/
- /stɜːn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sturn]
- /stɜrn/
Definitions of stern word
- noun stern rear of boat 2
- adjective stern firm, strict, or uncompromising: stern discipline. 1
- adjective stern hard, harsh, or severe: a stern reprimand. 1
- adjective stern rigorous or austere; of an unpleasantly serious character: stern times. 1
- adjective stern grim or forbidding in aspect: a stern face. 1
- noun stern Isaac, 1920–2001, U.S. violinist, born in Russia. 1
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Origin of stern
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English styrne
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Stern
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stern popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
stern usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stern
adj stern
- abstinent — forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages: total abstinence.
- anarchic — If you describe someone or something as anarchic, you disapprove of them because they do not recognize or obey any rules or laws.
- austere — If you describe something as austere, you approve of its plain and simple appearance.
- by the book — according to the rules; in the prescribed or usual way
noun stern
- back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
- back seat — a seat at the back, esp of a vehicle
- breech — The breech of a gun is the part of the barrel at the back into which you load the bullets.
- breeches — Breeches are trousers which reach as far as your knees.
adjective stern
- censorious — If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
- coldblooded — having a body temperature that fluctuates, approximating that of the surrounding air, land, or water
- disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
- doctrinaire — a person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist.
- dour — sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
Antonyms for stern
adj stern
- bendable — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- cottony — of or like cotton; downy; fluffy
- cushiony — soft and comfortable like a cushion.
- deceivable — capable of being deceived; gullible.
- doughy — of or like dough, especially in being soft and heavy or pallid and flabby: a doughy consistency; a fat, doughy face.
adjective stern
- deludable — Capable of being deluded; gullible.
- fleeceable — Able to be fleeced.
- humouring — humor.
- whippy — of, relating to, or resembling a whip.
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