Stern

Adjective

 * 1) having a hardness and severity of nature or manner
 * 2) grim and forbidding in appearance

Noun

 * 1)  The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.

Antonyms

 * bow

Adverbs for Stern
gravely; puritanically; rigorously; uncom-Dromisingly; inflexibly; unsparingly; arbitrarily; imperiously; severely; tyrannically; brutally; odiously; atrociously; needlessly; intolerably; senselessly; unreasonably; properly; necessarily.

Thesaurus
Spartan, Spartanic, adamant, adamantine, afterpart, afterpiece, arse, ascetic, ass, astringent, austere, authoritarian, back, back door, back seat, back side, backside, beam, behind, bottom, breech, bum, butt, can, cast-iron, cheeks, churlish, counter, crabbed, crabby, critical, crusty, demanding, derriere, determined, dour, exacting, exigent, fanny, fantail, firm, flinty, forbidding, frowning, gloomy, grave, grim, gruff, hard, hard-core, harsh, heel, hind end, hind part, hindhead, immovable, immutable, implacable, impliable, inclement, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, iron, irreconcilable, keister, lugubrious, meticulous, mortified, obdurate, occiput, poop, posterior, postern, prat, rear, rear end, rearward, relentless, resolute, reverse, rigid, rigorous, rock-ribbed, rough, rudderpost, rugged, rump, rusty-dusty, saturnine, serious, severe, sour, steadfast, steely, stiff, stony, strict, stringent, taciturn, tail, tail end, tailpiece, tough, tuchis, tush, tushy, unaffected, unalterable, unbending, unchangeable, uncompromising, unforgiving, ungentle, ungiving, unmoved, unrelenting, unremitting, unsparing, unsympathetic, unyielding

Pronunciation

 * stû(r)n, /stɜː(r)n/, /st3:(r)n/



Adjective

 * Arabic: صارم, متشدد
 * Croatian: jak, snažan, čvrst, čeličan
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian:
 * German: streng
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, ,  ,
 * Japanese: 厳格


 * Latin: firmatus
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: строгий,
 * Serbo-Croatian: grubost, surovost,  strogost
 * Swedish: sträng, rigorös, strikt
 * Turkish: sert, haşin, katı


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: 荘厳
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: gruamach


 * : 嚴厲, 严厉
 * : streng
 * : sévère
 * : streng, ernst
 * : αυστηρός


 * : severo
 * : severo
 * : severo
 * : కఠినమైన (kaThinamaina)

Noun

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: 船尾
 * Chinese Characters: 舳
 * Czech: záď
 * Danish: agterstævn
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: ahter
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian:, hajótat
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 船尾
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: корма (kormá)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * nerts
 * rents, 'rents
 * snert
 * terns

Noun

 * 1)  star
 * 2) * 1924, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das weiße Männchen auf dem Kirchberge, in: Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein, Buchhandlung Otto Schmidt, page 11:
 * Droben am Himmel funkelten die Sterne in seltener Pracht.
 * Up in the sky the stars sparkled in unusual magnificence.

Etymology
From sterno:, from, from.

Related terms

 * sternbesät
 * Sternchen
 * Sterndeutung
 * Sternhaufen
 * sternhagelvoll
 * Sternschnuppe
 * Sternsystem
 * Sternwolken
 * Abendstern
 * Fixstern
 * Hundsstern
 * Morgenstern
 * Polarstern