stern

adj 1: of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in

aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" [syn:

{austere}]

2: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty;"grim

determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it

seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless

persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood [syn: {grim},

{inexorable}, {relentless}, {unappeasable}, {unforgiving},

{unrelenting}]

3: severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting

instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"

[syn: {strict}, {exacting}]

4: (nautical) pertaining to the after part of a vessel [syn: {stern(a)}]

n 1: the rear part of a ship [syn: {after part}, {quarter}, {poop},

{tail}]

2: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on [syn: {buttocks},

{arse}, {butt}, {backside}, {bum}, {buns}, {can}, {fundament},

{hindquarters}, {hind end}, {keister}, {posterior}, {prat},

{rear}, {rear end}, {rump}, {seat}, {tail}, {tail end}, {tooshie},

{tush}, {bottom}, {behind}, {derriere}, {fanny}, {ass}]