Definition of Stern

Adjective: stern (sterner,sternest)  sturn

  1. Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanour; forbidding in aspect
    "a stern face";
    - austere
     
  2. Not to be placated, appeased or moved by entreaty
    "the stern demands of parenthood";
    - grim, inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting
     
  3. Severe and unremitting in making demands
    "a stern disciplinarian";
    - strict, exacting
     
  4. Very plain, appearing grim and minimally functional
    "a stern interior";
    - austere, severe, stark
Noun: stern  sturn
  1. The rear part of a ship
    - after part, quarter, poop, tail
     
  2. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
    "he deserves a good kick in the stern";
    - buttocks, nates, butt, backside, bum, buns [N. Amer], can [N. Amer, informal], fundament, hindquarters, hind end, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush [N. Amer], bottom, behind, derriere, heinie [US], derrière
Noun: Stern  sturn
  1. United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
    - Isaac Stern

See also:
sterlings
Sterna

Anagrams containing the word Stern

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