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Adjective stern has 3 senses
- austere, stern - of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"
Antonym: indulgent (indirect, via nonindulgent)
- grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting - not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"
Antonym: placable (indirect, via implacable)
- stern, strict, exacting - severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"
Antonym: undemanding (indirect, via demanding)
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