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- DictionaryStern/stərn/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline: "a smile transformed his stern face"
STERN meaning: 1. severe, or showing disapproval: 2. If something, such as a job, is stern, it is difficult: 3…. Learn more.
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Stern implies uncompromising, inflexible firmness, and sometimes a hard, forbidding, or withdrawn aspect or nature: a stern parent. Severe implies strictness, lack of sympathy, and a tendency to impose a hard discipline on others: a severe judge.
Stern implies uncompromising, inflexible firmness, and sometimes a hard, forbidding, or withdrawn aspect or nature: a stern parent. Severe implies strictness, lack of sympathy, and a tendency to impose a hard discipline on others: a severe judge.
Definitions of 'stern'. 1. Stern words or actions are very severe. [...] 2. Someone who is stern is very serious and strict. [...] 3. The stern of a boat is the back part of it.
What does the word stern mean? There are 22 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word stern , 11 of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun stern. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
Definition of stern noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.