Associations to the word «Sterner»
Noun
- Leonard
- Aviv
- Cruiser
- Submarine
- Jewish
- Iq
- Haas
- Laurence
- Restitution
- Marek
- Knesset
- Aaron
- Electronics
- Frau
- Roger
- Cask
- Caller
- Listener
- Dell
- Lockhart
- Ax
- Launcher
- Kellogg
- Norris
- Adolf
- Malcolm
- Tel
- Tub
- Combo
- Lib
- Comedian
- Palestine
- Steam
- Mor
- Der
- Elle
- Intern
- Jessica
- Warship
- Caliber
- Oskar
- Donnell
- Moritz
- Erin
- Personality
- Nicholas
- David
- Cable
- Skipper
- Hangar
- Mounting
- Concerto
- Prank
- Show
- Throttle
- Riva
- Yamaha
- Yorker
- Surf
- Berliner
- Hauling
- Parody
- Steven
- Koch
Adjective
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
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.