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stern

adjective
  1. severe and unremitting in making demands
    exacting
  2. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
    austere
  3. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
    grim
  4. severely simple
    stark
noun
  1. the rear part of a ship
    tail
  2. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
    tail