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What is another word for
stern
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Adjective
Strict or exacting in standards
Forbidding or grim in appearance
Without pity or compassion
Haughty, unsympathetic or unwelcoming in nature
Expressing an unfavourable opinion
Inclined to find fault too readily
Situated at the rear
Characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence
Noun
The rear of a ship
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Adjective
▲
Strict or exacting in standards
authoritarian
harsh
strict
tough
uncompromising
draconian
fierce
firm
severe
stringent
austere
dour
drastic
exacting
grave
hard
rigid
rigorous
callous
dire
extreme
hard-line
hard-nosed
heavy-handed
inexorable
oppressive
resolute
steadfast
unsympathetic
autocratic
cruel
demanding
determined
dogged
formidable
hardcore
hard-core
hardened
hardheaded
hardhearted
hard-hearted
imperious
inflexible
iron-fisted
merciless
no-nonsense
obdurate
obstinate
pitiless
pressing
rough
single-minded
unbending
uncharitable
unflinching
unforgiving
unrelenting
unsparing
unyielding
absolute
ascetic
ascetical
astringent
browbeating
bullheaded
by the book
disciplinary
domineering
dyed-in-the-wool
immovable
intractable
mulish
relentless
resolved
solid
stiff
stiff-necked
disciplinarian
ossified
tyrannical
ramrod
flinty
adamant
intransigent
serious
cast-iron
brassbound
unwavering
forceful
ruthless
brutal
headstrong
despotic
grim
solemn
unpermissive
sober
authoritative
magisterial
set
fixed
earnest
excessive
stubborn
undeviating
sedate
staid
hardline
peremptory
desperate
implacable
overbearing
punitive
humourless
UK
humorless
US
radical
dictatorial
unsmiling
uncomic
repressive
sobersided
bossy
lordly
weighty
masterful
overweening
hard-boiled
savage
dogmatic
illiberal
doctrinaire
po-faced
picky
indurate
pertinacious
adamantine
forbidding
invariable
stony
unadaptable
unshakeable
unsentimental
unmerciful
immutable
ferocious
tyrannous
punishing
hard-hitting
sombre
UK
somber
US
arbitrary
onerous
dead set
heavy
tight
immoderate
businesslike
hardhanded
wilful
autocratical
tyrannic
over the top
willful
grievous
spartan
incompliant
strong
excruciating
powerful
imperative
hard and fast
locked in
dictative
high-handed
set in stone
uptight
procrustean
puritanical
ironhanded
Draconian
precise
stuffy
unpersuadable
heartless
Rhadamanthean
Rhadamanthine
unfeeling
cold
cool
overstrict
OTT
punitory
uncaring
steely
unemotional
commanding
refractory
pugnacious
stony-hearted
two-fisted
hard-bitten
suppressive
hard-shelled
indomitable
systematic
meticulous
scrupulous
painstaking
diehard
unvacillating
staunch
very severe
perverse
opinionated
iron
pigheaded
tenacious
militant
unswerving
bound
unchangeable
exact
irreversible
concrete
unalterable
unchanging
static
unvarying
unfaltering
definite
unmoving
changeless
inconvincible
assertive
vicious
truculent
virulent
forcible
pat
stand pat
not giving an inch
hard-and-fast
insistent
unswayable
ironclad
unflexible
tough nut to crack
inhuman
binding
self-willed
self-opinionated
ordering
aggressive
imperial
dominant
bidding
hard as nails
sticking to one's guns
dug in
standing one's ground
standing pat
confining
cut-and-dried
trying
bitter
burdensome
rugged
nasty
searing
writ in stone
strait-laced
decided upon
arrogant
drawing
compelling
convincing
valid
acrimonious
murderous
difficult
pushy
haughty
officious
pompous
brick-wall
cocky
dead set on
by the numbers
bleak
egotistic
proud
distressing
Neronian
high and mighty
iron-handed
crack-the-whip
bad
awful
agonising
UK
harrowing
disastrous
straitened
unendurable
calamitous
biting
wretched
uncomfortable
agonizing
US
tortuous
inhospitable
painful
comfortless
crushing
scabrous
discomforting
inordinate
momentous
far-reaching
undue
substantial
remorseless
unusual
exaggerated
outrageous
exceptional
consequential
zealous
sharp
unreasonable
unmitigated
judgely
judgelike
judicial
exorbitant
egregious
fanatical
steep
extravagant
downright
thorough
baroque
remarkable
intemperate
unconscionable
unconventional
flagrant
overkill
gross
devilish
unseemly
uncommon
preposterous
nonsensical
overdue
insane
intolerable
fabulous
plethoric
towering
lavish
fancy
swingeing
overextravagant
imprudent
irrational
overmuch
utter
improper
sheer
out-and-out
too much
O.T.T.
out of proportion
persistent
strong-willed
stalwart
persevering
unshakable
indefatigable
strong-minded
spirited
purposeful
unflagging
dedicated
iron-willed
committed
recalcitrant
undaunted
bloody-minded
intent
uncooperative
bull-headed
vigorous
steady
unhesitating
unmalleable
cussed
rock-ribbed
unbendable
decided
unshaken
gutsy
mettlesome
plucky
driven
contrary
constant
untiring
valiant
bold
contumacious
uncompliant
balky
decisive
stable
deaf to reason
unaccommodating
die-hard
certain
gritty
stubborn as a mule
sure
lionhearted
full of determination
doughty
determinate
settled
brave
courageous
purposive
stout-hearted
set in one's ways
cantankerous
stout
bent
perseverant
bent upon
emphatic
ornery
ardent
unmovable
true
enthusiastic
keen
deliberate
avid
manful
inexpugnable
eager
spunky
active
hidebound
unmanageable
bolshie
insubordinate
thrawn
enduring
stroppy
established
renitent
frozen
froward
pig-headed
final
high-spirited
inveterate
entrenched
obsessed
strenuous
bulldog
rebellious
disobliging
awkward
energetic
permanent
faithful
wrong-headed
unswervable
cross-grained
defiant
untoward
abiding
ambitious
pontifical
go-getting
disobedient
opinionative
motivated
obstreperous
confirmed
do-or-die
hell-bent
self-assertive
bent on
hell-bent on
hell-bent upon
unappeasable
ingrained
tireless
industrious
flat
inspired
enterprising
focused
US
as stubborn as a mule
intense
inalterable
hungry
desirous
obsessive
feisty
unfailing
striving
tough nut
aspiring
monomaniacal
hanging tough
unbreakable
thirsty
sturdy
deep-seated
compulsive
unflappable
hang tough
unhelpful
four-square
unqualified
out
focussed
UK
obstructive
self-starting
hard-driving
narrow-minded
goal-oriented
hardy
fossilized
US
never-failing
one-sided
self-driven
mule
opinioned
pervicacious
wayward
incurable
devoted
restive
prejudiced
fossilised
UK
ungovernable
assiduous
consumed
compelled
bigoted
resilient
intrepid
seasoned
dauntless
possessed
consistent
passionate
set in concrete
galvanized
US
impelled
categorical
with a will of one's own
determined to have one's own way
biased
cocksure
incommutable
high-powered
heroic
fixated
obsessional
induced
mean
rooted
unmoved
positive
fast
impulsive
besetting
pushed
steered
galvanised
UK
guided
deep-rooted
unmodifiable
wholehearted
undismayed
loyal
explicit
vehement
sagacious
meaning business
irrepressible
confident
urged on
thick-skinned
well-set
toughened
blinkered
sustained
invariant
resistant
noncompliant
diligent
devout
unpliable
locked
unbudgeable
boneheaded
non-compliant
importunate
hardass
uninfluenced
mullish
insolent
unimpressible
uncompassionate
impertinent
bullhead
invincible
heady
petrified
set in your ways
monolithic
rigidified
fearless
unconquerable
convinced
hellbent
valorous
jelled
indurated
bony
démodé
gallant
irredeemable
unreformable
impenitent
incorrigible
reprobate
accustomed
shameless
unregenerate
never-tiring
patient
cold fish
proof against persuasion
assured
steely-eyed
never-changing
impassive
iron-jawed
unimpressionable
true-blue
undiscouraged
undeterred
unsurpassable
invulnerable
unplacatable
unmollifiable
unpacifiable
persisting
self-confident
solid as a rock
whole-hearted
hard-shell
locked-in
necessary
set-on
undoubting
total
unconditional
unreserved
unquestioned
unquestioning
through and through
exasperating
unamenable
stouthearted
preconceived
troublesome
in earnest
narrow
hearty
unafraid
prevailing
mean business
dogmatical
unchallengeable
unquestionable
durable
greathearted
clear-sighted
all out
flat-out
straight out
lasting
bound and determined
going
adventurous
heroical
with one's feet dug in
with one's toes dug in
reliable
not put off
not discouraged
firm in spirit
independent
perceptive
keen as mustard
animated
tough-minded
resourceful
take charge
gutty
trusty
unruly
progressive
pioneering
unequivocal
undefeatable
intent on
set on
determined to
committed to the idea of
tall in the saddle
on one's mettle
insistent on
hell bent on
intent upon
perpetual
lusty
agreed
tiresome
undauntable
thrusting
fiery
unsupportive
small-minded
arranged
preset
unquenchable
burning
furious
granite
conclusive
unwilling
self-asserting
like a ball of fire
on the make
self-seeking
eager beaver
power-loving
career-minded
get up and go
high-reaching
power-hungry
desiring success
unresponsive
inconsiderate
predetermined
allotted
specified
prearranged
intolerant
rebel
through-and-through
defined
decreed
prescribed
sticky
manly
noncooperating
unreciprocate
unreciprocating
noncooperative
nonreciprocal
straight
express
planned
ageless
impractical
lion-hearted
unblinking
irrevocable
recusant
direct
indelible
ideological
written
definitive
stipulated
still
stated
unpragmatic
unrealistic
not cooperative
in the bag
not subject to change
ineradicable
carved in stone
swivel-eyed
unchanged
unpredictable
holding fixed views
unvaried
negative
coercive
negativistic
irremovable
sacrosanct
loath
averse
reluctant
indisposed
well-established
fixed as the laws of the Medes and Persians
complex
complicated
prescriptive
bureaucratic
involved
rule-bound
more ❯
“The government decided that
stern
measures had to be taken to quell the uprising.”
Adjective
▲
Forbidding or grim in appearance
grim
forbidding
serious
somber
US
steely
harsh
humorless
US
humourless
UK
bitter
frowning
implacable
intimidating
moody
solemn
sombre
UK
sour
sullen
surly
angry
fiery
furious
glum
hostile
inhospitable
joyless
morose
stark
stony
unfriendly
ungentle
unsmiling
brooding
cheerless
cold
crabby
critical
dark
disapproving
mean
mortified
no-nonsense
unappeasable
flinty
boot-faced
cast-iron
severe
dour
austere
fierce
gruff
grave
lowering
louring
rough
rugged
sedate
sober
staid
earnest
gloomy
sulky
dismal
glowering
menacing
ferocious
bleak
sobersided
weighty
intense
threatening
dreary
poker-faced
cantankerous
unhumorous
uncomic
hard
scowling
grumpy
mean-looking
po-faced
stiff
aloof
crabbed
vicious
deadpan
serious-minded
stony-faced
mournful
saturnine
funereal
aggressive
downbeat
icy
frosty
frigid
long-faced
unsympathetic
forlorn
unapproachable
drab
frightening
uninviting
sad
grim-faced
gray
US
grey
UK
quiet
dull
aggrieved
indignant
temperamental
aggravated
foreboding
straight-faced
subdued
fearsome
unrestrained
distant
callous
fiendish
frightful
miserable
pitiless
dry
uncommunicative
cutthroat
beastly
unfeeling
cross
horrible
hellish
bestial
venomous
impassive
expressionless
grouchy
desolate
depressing
comfortless
formidable
churlish
crusty
straight
boring
tedious
unhappy
melancholic
dejected
stringent
ugly
strait-laced
blank
unamusing
strict
hard-faced
wretched
depressive
doleful
quarrelsome
truculent
resolute
melancholy
dispiriting
disconsolate
dire
morbid
drear
disagreeable
ill-humored
US
tenebrific
sepulchral
depressed
plutonian
lugubrious
tenebrous
godforsaken
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
unplayful
lonesome
black
blue
dreich
elegiac
lonely
elegiacal
ill-humoured
UK
sourpuss
chill
down
Cimmerian
hurting
darkening
muted
tough
heavy-going
overbearing
unpleasant
wicked
fell
sinister
savage
tight-lipped
splenetic
unwelcoming
ominous
businesslike
key
portentous
formal
douce
puritanical
enraged
reserved
resolved
composed
gaunt
unemotional
chilly
stuffy
pokerfaced
irritable
remote
testy
underlined
difficult
cranky
dyspeptic
bound and determined
bilious
bearish
cold sober
acid
ornery
pouting
obstinate
pouty
spiteful
mopey
ill-natured
huffy
mean-spirited
belligerent
antagonistic
bellicose
confrontational
stroppy
argumentative
inimical
pugnacious
irascible
adversarial
defiant
combative
warlike
nasty
feisty
fractious
snarly
offensive
rancorous
snappish
agonistic
snappy
scrappy
chippy
choleric
petulant
peevish
touchy
tetchy
querulous
crotchety
unsociable
moping
brusque
uptight
narky
curt
prickly
uncivil
short-tempered
curmudgeonly
impatient
mardy
blunt
mumpish
resentful
piqued
out of humour
out of sorts
perverse
ratty
ungracious
quick-tempered
shirty
waspish
down in the mouth
in a bad mood
sourpussed
rude
hot-tempered
sulking
fretful
discourteous
impolite
disgruntled
boorish
abrupt
displeased
unresponsive
unhelpful
acrimonious
eggy
contentious
hotheaded
ill-mannered
with a long face
mopish
vexed
despondent
exasperated
annoyed
unamused
tense
shrewish
whingy
uncooperative
embittered
unmannerly
sensitive
pettish
misanthropic
cynical
terse
huffish
soreheaded
snarky
peckish
captious
peppery
snippy
snippety
miffy
liverish
fussy
snaky
scratchy
edgy
short
impetuous
on edge
acrid
trying
awkward
complaining
whingeing
raspy
tart
sorehead
chuffy
in low spirits
discontented
fed up
in a mood
out of temper
nasty-tempered
like a bear with a sore head
disrespectful
vehement
taciturn
Eeyorish
unindulgent
emotional
offended
bloody-minded
having short fuse
hot under collar
agitable
excitable
broody
kittle
mopy
tooshie
skittish
wounded
neurotic
high-strung
easily frightened
easily upset
easily agitated
hot-headed
irate
irked
irritated
vitriolic
volatile
bristly
ireful
oversensitive
pertinacious
evil-intentioned
hate-filled
hypercritical
whining
snarling
contrary
grumbling
whiny
crybaby
iracund
iracundulous
waxy
disputatious
waspy
grousing
dissatisfied
carping
griping
out of humor
growling
malicious
fretting
vinegary
childish
cavilling
UK
sharp
hasty
malignant
vindictive
caviling
US
sore
passionate
filthy
obstreperous
cussed
thin-skinned
hot-blooded
having got out of bed the wrong side
fault-finding
cross-grained
having got out of bed on the wrong side
hot under the collar
on a short fuse
foul-tempered
out-of-sorts
as cross as two sticks
short-fused
easily offended
peeved
withdrawn
put out
in the sulks
in a huff
in a strop
having a fit of the sulks
in a funk
more ❯
“Ricky's mother's expression was
stern
after she discovered that he had skipped school again.”
Adjective
▲
Without pity or compassion
ruthless
merciless
callous
pitiless
heartless
hard
cruel
unfeeling
inhuman
unsympathetic
harsh
unmerciful
insensitive
remorseless
uncharitable
unsparing
inhumane
brutal
stony
severe
obdurate
compassionless
savage
indurate
uncaring
affectless
soulless
ironhearted
stoney
fierce
vicious
stonyhearted
pachydermatous
desensitised
UK
desensitized
US
barbarous
relentless
insensate
unforgiving
cold
ferocious
grim
unrelenting
inflexible
unbending
barbaric
implacable
sadistic
unpitying
hardhearted
mean
bloodthirsty
unyielding
inexorable
adamant
malevolent
unappeasable
mortal
fell
cutthroat
steely
vindictive
inclement
rancorous
unremitting
revengeful
surly
ironfisted
feral
killer
cold-blooded
hard-hearted
case-hardened
hard-boiled
cold-hearted
stony-hearted
thick-skinned
slash-and-burn
take-no-prisoners
cut-throat
hard-nosed
dog-eat-dog
lacking compassion
marble-hearted
with a heart of stone
without pity
unkind
rough
nasty
sharp
bitter
strict
inconsiderate
cutting
caustic
tough
biting
acerbic
hurtful
brutish
acerb
abrasive
unfriendly
rude
spiteful
brusque
hostile
gruff
uncompromising
abusive
curt
murderous
austere
intolerant
hateful
venomous
rigid
draconian
wounding
aggressive
churlish
violent
uncompassionate
malicious
poisonous
exacting
oppressive
dour
vitriolic
flinty
mean-spirited
monstrous
galling
tyrannous
maleficent
malignant
comfortless
illiberal
tyrannical
argumentative
rigorous
sarcastic
sardonic
truculent
scathing
mordant
trenchant
onerous
heavy-handed
antagonistic
hardhanded
unpleasant
acidulous
furious
acrid
snarky
penetrating
mordacious
angry
wicked
stinging
foul
incisive
vile
virulent
searing
catty
critical
filthy
piercing
waspish
sarky
unfair
firm
astringent
beastly
fiendish
coldhearted
unemotional
bestial
wolfish
ungracious
wanton
disagreeable
heavy
authoritarian
acrimonious
barbed
cantankerous
brute
belligerent
really hard
combative
hard as nails
inhospitable
bellicose
confrontational
forbidding
butcherly
intimidating
grating
uncongenial
unsociable
rugged
sour
scrappy
louring
ungentle
stark
corrosive
acidic
scalding
pungent
satiric
satirical
viperous
lowering
annoying
irritating
acid
pointed
keen
spiky
ill-tempered
smart-mouthed
ill-natured
tart
devastating
ill-humoured
UK
rubbing the wrong way
bad-tempered
smart-aleck
hard to take
razor-edged
smart-alecky
ill-humored
US
indifferent
intransigent
forceful
unjust
excessive
intense
unflinching
tormenting
torturous
unconcerned
unmoved
adamantine
Rhadamanthine
thoughtless
unloving
irreconcilable
selfish
homicidal
ungenerous
rowdy
extreme
iron-fisted
unchristian
uncalled-for
heedless
despotic
dictatorial
mean machine
unsympathizing
evil
having a killer instinct
self-centered
US
no-nonsense
browbeating
bullying
punishing
devilish
suppressive
diabolical
vengeful
heinous
abominable
punitive
atrocious
ramrod
hideous
arch
ghastly
self-centred
UK
without sentiment
cold fish
hardline
hardened
unsentimental
indurated
cynical
hard-shell
nefarious
bloodless
headstrong
obstinate
sworn
deadly
bad
at each other's throats
hard-headed
dastardly
depraved
sanguinary
pernicious
immoral
hard-bitten
wrathful
slaughterous
very hard
roughshod
world-weary
hard-edged
hard-line
lacking sentiment
hard-shelled
toughened by experience
as hard as nails
as tough as old boots
wild
dangerous
menacing
fiery
untamed
unruly
threatening
fearsome
terrible
rabid
unrestrained
unrefined
impetuous
raging
frightful
convulsive
frightening
baleful
delirious
coarse
stringent
incessive
raving
uncontrollable
enraged
undomesticated
fearful
uncouth
hellish
frantic
infuriated
crazed
mad
horrible
rapacious
loutish
uncultured
crude
primitive
tigerish
biffo
aggers
vulgar
blunt
impolite
boorish
uncivil
crass
discourteous
ill-bred
ribald
indecent
oafish
lewd
profane
offensive
indecorous
unpolished
indelicate
bluff
obscene
uncultivated
ill-mannered
unmannerly
bearish
dirty
stiff
bawdy
inelegant
roughcast
gross
vulgarian
untutored
bad-mannered
tasteless
foul-mouthed
artless
insensible
unceremonious
lowbrow
common
lowbred
loud
improper
roughneck
incult
unladylike
ungentlemanly
raffish
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Haughty, unsympathetic or unwelcoming in nature
frosty
cold
unfriendly
cool
frigid
unsympathetic
icy
chilly
uncordial
glacial
reserved
wintery
UK
clammy
wintry
US
unwelcoming
brittle
antiseptic
chill
gelid
coldish
forbidding
frozen
standoffish
hostile
inhospitable
arctic
stony
fierce
haughty
disdainful
unenthusiastic
hard
cold-blooded
cold-eyed
hard-eyed
cold-hearted
off-putting
cold as ice
stiff
aloof
distant
unapproachable
indifferent
severe
stand-offish
withdrawn
uncommunicative
impersonal
unaffable
unsociable
unamicable
unneighbourly
unsocial
unneighborly
uncongenial
unemotional
emotionless
ungracious
antisocial
ungenial
ungregarious
unpleasant
uncivil
unresponsive
uncompanionable
unforthcoming
steely
discourteous
asocial
solitary
uncharitable
remote
uninvolved
formal
unhappy
hateful
depressing
starchy
supercilious
Olympian
detached
dispassionate
passionless
impassive
unfeeling
phlegmatic
apathetic
restrained
undemonstrative
stolid
stoical
stoic
numb
affectless
impassible
wooden
calm
controlled
deadpan
flat
heartless
self-controlled
cool, calm and collected
offish
expressionless
unexpressive
hollow
vacant
dead
toneless
blank
bland
nonemotional
unimpassioned
immovable
nowhere
unaffected
imperturbable
poker-faced
matter-of-fact
stony-eyed
unmoved
reticent
sober
pokerfaced
laid back
straight-faced
antagonistic
inimical
inapproachable
inaccessible
withering
stilted
iced
reptilian
unclubbable
curt
prim
standoff
unbending
cold-faced
dry
austere
buttoned-up
stone-cold
taciturn
composed
guarded
secretive
collected
uninterested
lukewarm
unruffled
unloving
serene
close
unconcerned
tranquil
incurious
unaffectionate
offhand
equable
unexcitable
insolent
impertinent
procacious
annoyed
offended
impudent
contained
self-contained
quiet
disinterested
businesslike
rational
listless
unagitated
inexpressive
callous
insensitive
unsentimental
clinical
objective
blah
uncompassionate
unimpressionable
coldhearted
obdurate
marble
level-headed
laid-back
cool-headed
thick-skinned
going with the flow
rolling with the punches
hard-headed
along for the ride
hard-hearted
hard-boiled
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Expressing an unfavourable opinion
disapproving
critical
censorious
disparaging
judgemental
condemnatory
judgmental
reproachful
deprecatory
reproving
scathing
condemning
denunciatory
unfavourable
UK
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
negative
derogatory
pejorative
unfavorable
US
harsh
denouncing
damning
hostile
discouraging
dissatisfied
disapprobatory
knocking
slating
full of reproof
hypercritical
cavilling
UK
overcritical
caviling
US
carping
captious
faultfinding
fault-finding
nitpicking
rejective
castigatory
quibbling
niggling
censuring
pass-remarkable
withering
pedantic
contemptuous
nit-picking
pettifogging
pernickety
nagging
cavillous
severe
accusatory
hair-splitting
reprobative
reprobatory
hairsplitting
picky
calumniatory
belittling
scolding
judgy
hard to please
damnatory
admonitory
accusing
vituperative
upbraiding
complaining
griping
finicky
bellyaching
whingeing
cutting
cynical
demanding
overnice
exceptive
sarcastic
nit-picky
pharisaic
self-righteous
admonishing
opprobrious
incriminatory
disappointed
punctilious
abusive
unforgiving
chiding
grumbling
particular
severely critical
whining
persnickety
kvetching
discontented
critic
humbling
demeaning
trenchant
sharp
biting
choleric
satirical
lowering
fine
grousing
grouchy
slighting
subtle
nitpicky
overrefined
exacting
cantankerous
quarrelsome
testy
petty
acrimonious
contrary
petulant
over-censorious
difficult to please
impossible to please
very critical
unsympathetic
ultra-critical
recriminatory
querulous
berating
fussy
overprecise
over-rigorous
over-strict
comminatory
on someone's back
denunciative
comminative
accusative
reprehensive
blameful
imputative
accusive
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Inclined to find fault too readily
overcritical
carping
critical
hypercritical
cavilling
UK
captious
censorious
judgemental
disparaging
niggling
judgmental
quibbling
disapproving
caviling
US
rejective
nitpicking
faultfinding
pernickety
condemning
nagging
hairsplitting
reproachful
demanding
cavillous
censuring
particular
severe
contemptuous
overnice
belittling
calumniatory
cutting
cynical
exceptive
sarcastic
judgy
derogatory
biting
choleric
critic
demeaning
harsh
humbling
lowering
satirical
scolding
sharp
trenchant
withering
fault-finding
pass-remarkable
hair-splitting
nit-picking
over-censorious
hard to please
condemnatory
reproving
deprecatory
denunciatory
castigatory
scathing
accusatory
complaining
denouncing
vituperative
unforgiving
chiding
full of reproof
severely critical
pettifogging
pedantic
fussy
finicky
negative
casuistic
fastidious
picky
finical
punctilious
perfectionist
overscrupulous
sophistical
sophistic
criticizing
US
nit-picky
over-exacting
exacting
petty
trifling
criticising
UK
scrupulous
meticulous
precise
exact
griping
overprecise
precisionist
difficult
dogmatic
literalistic
literalist
scholastic
formalist
casuistical
purist
over-particular
over-rigorous
over-strict
difficult to please
unfavourable
UK
unsympathetic
unfavorable
US
bellyaching
whingeing
nitpicky
reprobatory
cantankerous
quarrelsome
testy
acrimonious
contrary
petulant
reprobative
ultra-critical
impossible to please
on someone's back
very critical
insignificant
unimportant
paltry
minor
trivial
uncompromising
trying
piddling
importunate
strict
tough
intractable
clamorous
obstinate
tiresome
rigorous
dictatorial
picayune
mean
overbearing
unaccommodating
querulous
imperious
inflexible
troublesome
insistent
overexacting
stringent
unbending
exigent
unamenable
unmanageable
fractious
hard
choosy
persnickety
nice
dainty
hardheaded
unsparing
firm
sticklerish
stubborn
unflinching
stiff
unreasonable
obdurate
needy
possessive
choosey
careful
finicking
hard to satisfy
hard-line
high-maintenance
serious
tyrannical
delicate
painstaking
fussbudgety
faddish
faddy
fine
detailed
tricky
fiddly
old-maidish
over-fastidious
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Situated at the rear
postern
posterior
hindmost
hind
rear
aft
tail
backside
hindquarters
reverse
hindpart
back end
tail end
back
end
rearward
endmost
rearmost
hinder
caudal
trailing
after
behind
last
mizzen
hindermost
astern
retral
final
backward
dorsal
posticous
abaft
following
aftermost
furthest back
furthest behind
at the end
nearest the rear
in back of
back of
remotest
furthest
extreme
utmost
ultimate
outermost
ulterior
farthest away
furthest away
far
outer
furthermost
lattermost
outmost
finishing
uttermost
outlying
farthermost
farthest
at the back of the queue
far-off
at the back
bringing up the rear
most remote
most distant
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence
ascetic
abstemious
abstinent
frugal
austere
celibate
severe
spartan
monastic
monkish
puritanical
anchoritic
chaste
cloistered
continent
eremitic
hermitic
nunlike
reclusive
rigorous
solitary
Spartan
strict
abstaining
ascetical
disciplined
harsh
monklike
mortified
self-abnegating
other-worldly
self-denying
non-indulgent
self-disciplined
hair-shirt
temperate
sober
moderate
abstentious
restrained
self-restrained
teetotal
self-controlled
self-restraining
controlled
simple
meagre
UK
stringent
rigid
meager
US
inhibited
dry
forbearing
contemplative
exacting
meditative
modest
curbed
bridled
paltry
solemn
economical
refraining
straightlaced
plain
sparing
scanty
skimpy
self-sacrificing
moderating
restricted
strait-laced
nonindulgent
scant
abnegating
forgoing
self-possessed
eschewing
constrained
insufficient
virginal
pure
virgin
virtuous
maidenly
unwed
maiden
unmarried
intact
husbandless
spouseless
single
wifeless
nunnish
on the wagon
clean
straight
non-drinking
nondrinking
avoiding alcohol
off the booze
off the sauce
cold sober
teetotaling
US
teetotalling
UK
clearheaded
straightedge
non-intoxicated
sobered up
clear-headed
as sober as a judge
alcohol-free
Prohibitionist
prohibitionist
anti-alcohol
off drugs
took the pledge
not drunk
not intoxicated
free of drugs
lucid
drug-free
all-natural
more ❯
Noun
▲
The rear of a ship
rear
rear end
tail
after part
back
poop
quarter
backside
behind
buttocks
bottom
seat
bum
rump
haunches
butt
posterior
cheeks
buns
tush
fanny
booty
hindquarters
derriere
caboose
fundament
nates
duff
keister
heinie
breech
bootie
hunkers
keester
hams
can
tushie
tochus
botty
prat
tail end
derrière
jacksie
tuchis
bazoo
bippy
batty
patootie
rass
clunge
Sitzfleisch
bahookie
BTM
sit-upon
rusty dusty
jacksy
hind end
back end
tailpiece
back side
hind part
end
aft
moneymaker
tag end
gluteus maximus
thighs
hips
buttock
rudder
empennage
hindpart
reverse
extremity
far end
fag end
last part
hindmost part
end part
other side
rear side
afterpart
rearward
hind
postern
heel
occiput
rearguard
back part
other end
rear part
rear guard
cheek
butt-cheek
arsecheek
bum-cheek
junk in the trunk
uropygium
butt cheek
buttcheek
nether cheek
more ❯
“Luke was found by himself at the
stern
of the ship, just staring away into the sky.”
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