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Stern
adjective (compar. sterner; superl. sternest) 1.Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect. Synonym: austere. "A stern face" 2.Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty. Synonyms: grim, inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting. "Grim necessity" , "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty" , "Relentless persecution" , "The stern demands of parenthood" 3.Severe and unremitting in making demands. Synonyms: exacting, strict. "A stern disciplinarian" , "Strict standards" noun 2.United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920). Synonym: Isaac Stern. 3.The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush. "Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
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