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1. stern
adjective. ['ˈstɝːn'] of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect.
Synonyms
Etymology
- stern (Middle English (1100-1500))
Rhymes with Stern
- unconcern
- concern
- upturn
- sauterne
- return
- new-bern
- mckern
- mcgurn
- laverne
- discern
- amburn
- alpern
- sturn
- stirn
- stearne
- stearn
- spurn
- ohern
- o'hern
- ohearn
- o'hearn
- obyrne
- o'byrne
- o'beirne
- aherne
- ahern
- ahearn
- adjourn
- zurn
- yearn
How do you pronounce stern?
Pronounce stern as stərn.
US - How to pronounce stern in American English
UK - How to pronounce stern in British English
Sentences with stern
1. Adjective
Speak in a stern, but gentle voice when giving your Akita puppy commands.
2. Noun, singular or mass
Use the plastic ties to stitch the the sides, bow and stern to the bottom.
Quotes about stern
1. There's not a lot of other stuff I admire about his content, but there's something about Howard Stern and his perseverance in a very difficult industry. He does tickle me in certain ways with humor.
- Ashleigh Banfield
2. Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the night season, and melt away in the first beam of the sun, which lights grim care and stern reality on their daily pilgrimage through the world.
- Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby
3. If men could learn from history, what lessons it might teach us. But passion and party blind our eyes, and the light which experience gives us is a lantern on the stern, which shines only on the waves behind us.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2. stern
adjective. ['ˈstɝːn'] not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty.
Etymology
- stern (Middle English (1100-1500))
3. stern
adjective. ['ˈstɝːn'] severe and unremitting in making demands.
Antonyms
Etymology
- stern (Middle English (1100-1500))
4. stern
noun. ['ˈstɝːn'] the rear part of a ship.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- stern (Middle English (1100-1500))
