stern

32 synonyms and 10 antonyms for stern, ranked by how commonly they're used.

Adjective — Serious and strict in manner; harsh or severe.

Synonyms for stern

brutal callous cold cold-eyed cruel dour flint-hearted forbidding frosty grim hard hard-boiled hardened hardhearted heartless harsh humorless icy iron-hearted insensate insensitive marble-hearted rigorous rockhearted severe stonehearted stony stonyhearted strict tough unsympathetic unmoved

Antonyms for stern

animated cheerful emotional empathic gregarious kindly lenient soft unstrict vivacious

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