Antonym of sternness

What’s another word for sternness?

Some common synonyms of stern are ascetic, austere, and severe. While all these words mean “given to or marked by strict discipline and firm restraint,” stern stresses inflexibility and inexorability of temper or character.

What is meant by sternness?

the quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism) the company’s new president has a reputation for granitelike sternness and monkish austerity.

What is the antonym and synonym of Stern?

ˈstɝːn) Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty. Antonyms. placable head side miss best lower level. unrelenting grim unforgiving relentless inexorable. stern (English)

What’s antonym mean?

a word of opposite meaning

Definition of antonym

: a word of opposite meaning The usual antonym of good is bad.

What is the sentence of stern?

‘We will take the necessary steps,’ she said sternly. Someone who is stern is very serious and strict. Her father was stern and hard to please. The stern of a boat is the back part of it.

Does stern mean angry?

Etymology 1

From Middle English stern, sterne, sturne, from Old English styrne (“stern, grave, strict, austere, hard, severe, cruel”), from Proto-Germanic *sturnijaz (“angry, astonished, shocked”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“rigid, stiff”).

Is Stearn a word?

STEARN is not a valid scrabble word.

How do you pronounce stern?

What is the antonyms of benediction?

The antonyms of the given word ‘Benediction’ are “affliction, bane, curse, evil, plague, scourge“. The antonym of the given word ‘Benediction’ is ‘Curse’ since both have the opposite meaning.

What is antonym for the word frequent?

Near Antonyms for frequent. episodic. (also episodical), occasional.

Is Stern positive or negative?

stern implies uncompromising, inflexible firmness, and sometimes a hard, forbidding, or withdrawn aspect or nature: a stern parent.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.

Which of the following is an antonym of the word candid?

Choice D is correct. It means ‘cautious’ which is the opposite of candid.

Is rare opposite of frequent?

“The company’s financial problems were just a temporary blip.”
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What is the opposite of frequent?

infrequent	occasional
rare	sporadic
intermittent	scarce
uncommon	seldom
sparse	spasmodic

Is seldom opposite of frequent?

Seldom means ‘not often’ the opposite being often meaning ‘regularly’.

Is occasionally opposite of frequently?

“The press has been atypically lenient in its review of his atrociously indecorous behavior.”
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What is the opposite of occasionally?

frequently	often
constantly	regularly
routinely	always
continually	continuously
habitually	steadily

What is a word for rare?

extraordinary, limited, occasional, scarce, singular, strange, subtle, uncommon, unique, unlikely, unthinkable, unusual, delicate, exquisite, great, priceless, rich, attenuate, deficient, few.

What word is rarer than rare?

Crossword answers for RARER THAN RARE

Clue	Answer
RARER THAN RARE (7)	TARTARE
RARER THAN RARE (3)	RAW