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Sterner synonyms and antonyms

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stricter
Tense; not relaxed.
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starker
Severe or unmitigated; harsh or grim:
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severer
Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others:
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grimmer
Unrelenting or uncompromising:
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stouter
Firm; resolute; dauntless.
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tougher
Hard to convince or influence; stubborn
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sturdier
Solid in structure or person.
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rougher
Difficult to endure or live through, especially because of harsh or inclement weather:
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harsher
Severe, cruel, or exacting:
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harder
Harsh or severe in effect or intention:
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gloomier
The definition of gloomy is dark, depressing or dim.
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firmer
Steadfast, secure, hard (in position)
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fiercer
Extremely powerful or destructive:
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crueller
Causing, or of a kind to cause, pain, distress, etc.
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colder
Dead:
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lighter (antonym)
Having a spongy or flaky texture; well-leavened:
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funnier (antonym)
Causing laughter or amusement:
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friendlier (antonym)
Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.
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easier (related)
Requiring or exhibiting little effort or endeavor; undemanding:
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Sterner Sentence Examples

  • The sterner Baptists, therefore, loudly pronounced him a false brother.

  • If the child keeps trying to pet the dog, a sterner warning, usually a growl, will ensue.

  • Humanism, as it actually appeared in Italy, was positive in its conception of the problems to be solved, pagan in its contempt for medieval mysticism, invigorated for sensuous enjoyment by contact with antiquity, yet holding in itself the germ of new religious aspirations, profounder science and sterner probings of the mysteries of life than had been attempted even by the ancients.

  • But though to the very end of his life he retained much of the singular learning of his childhood and youth, often reading Persian and Arabic in the intervals of sterner pursuits, he had long abandoned them as a study, and employed them merely as a relaxation.

  • The tone of the passage when compared with the disciplinary methods of the synagogue indicates that its purpose was to introduce elements of reason and moral suasion in place of sterner methods.

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