Associations to the word «Sterner»
Noun
- Cruel
- Junk
- Indignation
- Pale
- Macy
- Grandeur
- Face
- Raft
- Gerald
- Otto
- Garrett
- Notch
- Lantern
- Tone
- Tyrant
- Resolve
- Nook
- Awe
- Glare
- Aircraft
- Calm
- Soloist
- Deutschland
- Rope
- Shroud
- Helm
- Desolation
- Locker
- Anguish
- Bert
- Toil
- Austerity
- Alia
- Penance
- Pursuer
- Brig
- Obedience
- Jenna
- Morality
- Scowl
- Bernstein
- Byrne
- Launching
- Gondola
- Defiance
- Philharmonic
- Lucie
- Commissioner
- Dignity
- Propulsion
- Rabbi
- Infinity
- Warning
- Reminder
- Precipice
- Roth
- Pall
- Gentleness
- Pluto
- Manhood
- Brahms
- Plunge
- Rack
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
STERN, adjective. Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
STERN, adjective. Grim and forbidding in appearance.
STERN, noun. (nautical) The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.
STERN, noun. (figurative) The post of management or direction.
STERN, noun. The hinder part of anything.
STERN, noun. The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
STERN, noun. A bird, the black tern.
STERN CHASER, noun. A gun or cannon mounted on the stern of a ship for firing at a pursuing vessel.
STERN CHASERS, noun. Plural of stern chaser
Dictionary definition
STERN, noun. The rear part of a ship.
STERN, noun. United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920).
STERN, noun. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?".
STERN, adjective. Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face".
STERN, adjective. 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".
STERN, adjective. Severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards".
STERN, adjective. Severely simple; "a stark interior".
Wise words
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite
surprised to be taken at his word.