Austere means severe, strict or plain. It describes something that is simple and without any extravagance or luxury. In other words, it refers to a lifestyle characterized by self-denial, discipline, and abstinence from indulgence and pleasure.
Even in austere times, there is public support for valuing the enormous contribution that kinship carers make in bringing up vulnerable children,» said Katherine Rake, chief executive of the Family and Parenting Institute. (familyblawg.com)
Having started out in the late 1940s painting in the prevailing Abstract Expressionist mode, Diebenkorn shifted to figuration several years later, only to revert to a more austere style of abstraction in the late»60s. (galeriemagazine.com)
A powerful film, even though the script wears its liberal conscience on its sleeve (and further hedges its bets by casting nice Robert Redford as the sheriff), directed with austere authority in desert landcapes marvellously shot by Conrad Hall. (rottentomatoes.com)