Main entry: ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan
Definition: practicing great self-denial
Usage: Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it- William James; a desert nomad's austere life; a spartan diet; a spartan existence
Definition: of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
Usage: an austere expression; a stern face
Main entry: stern, austere, stark, severe
Definition: severely simple
Usage: a stark interior