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Definition of stern : The black tern.

Synonyms:

unrelenting, piece of tail, canful, empennage, fastidious, rotter, potty, pot, basis, dirty dog, the skinny, crap, poop, asshole, nincompoop, complete, exigent, shtup, bunghole, butt end, intransigent, coffin nail, croupe, lowlife, stool, dreary, dangerous, butt, bottom of the inning, desolate, buttocks, idler, dirt, arsehole, drear, substructure, commode, downhearted, back tooth, down in the mouth, nonindulgent, black, layabout, merchantman, throne, tush, female genitalia, freighter, bathroom, gross, stiff, bottomland, grave, rear-end, adamant, dark, arrant, place, aft, turd, female genitals, gruesome, lav, foot, low-down, undersurface, prat, unappeasable, buns, fourth, barren, hindquarters, brutal, can, easy, gloomy, base, mordant, target, ghastly, adamantine, wicked, life-threatening, can buoy, hind end, down, foundation, shadow, low-spirited, john, consummate, roll in the hay, shite, study at severe, macabre, tail assembly, ninny, underside, shit, one-quarter, one-fourth, sorry, puke, tramp, unmitigated, after part, sick, understructure, toilet, hobo, dingy, crude, unforgiving, bum, skunk, crumb, rat, ass, low, stooge, terrible, hard, fundament, staring, screwing, bare, goat, unadulterated, quartern, stub, drab, dope, shag, privy, git, laughingstock, nooky, thoroughgoing, piece of ass, so-and-so, shadower, merchant ship, grievous, perfect, nates, tin can, utter, scum bag, tin, disconsolate, twenty-five percent, croup, keister, tooshie, morose, hard-and-fast, forbidding, back end, groundwork, loafer, quarter, blue, everlasting, do-nothing, butt joint, sodding, female genital organ, depressed, dismal, double-dyed, downcast, bed, Isaac Stern, pure, screw, crapper, fag end, nookie, dispirited, grisly, tail end, stinker, knockout, cornerstone, ascetical, fourth part, arse, cigaret, lavatory, stinkpot, cigarette

backside, rump, rear, derriere, tail, behind, seat, fanny, caboose, hind, back, bottom, posterior

demanding, relentless, austere, fundamental, gruff, rigid, brusque, dry, uncompromising, piquant, curt, oppressive, correct, brisk, chilly, obdurate, icy, stiff-necked, bleak, meticulous, disciplined, cutting, short, stringent, hidebound, blunt, caustic, censorious, keen, cool, tart, exacting, basic, acute, severe, ascetic, acerbic, imperial, puritanical, astringent, precise, lean, rigorous, frosty, spare, Draconian, harsh, acrimonious, unbending, intense, prudish, obstinate, intolerant, critical, authoritarian, sharp, abrupt, strict, stark, raw, Spartan, inflexible, crisp, grim, strait-laced, dour

hearty, indefatigable, iron-willed, committed, reliable, determined, faithful, true, loyal, resolved, bold, stubborn, valiant, thorough, willing, unyielding, dedicated, unchangeable, courageous, deliberate, decided, tough, decisive, tireless, implacable, headstrong, devoted, plucky, intent, steely, unshakeable, persistent, diligent, spunky, steady, strong-minded, bullheaded, earnest, strong-willed, tenacious, steadfast, constant, inexorable, persevering, firm, zealous, staunch, ruthless, unwavering, unflinching, fearless, dogged, resolute, insistent, serious, dauntless, indomitable, set

Usage examples:

• Just once again, before the craft reached the surface, was there another blow, this time at the stern. - "Tom Swift and his Undersea Search or, The Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic", Victor Appleton.
• " Klea," he repeated, and he tried to take her left hand in his own; but she, like a person suddenly aroused to consciousness after a short dream, immediately withdrew the hand on which his was resting, put the key into the lock, opened the door, and exclaimed in a voice of almost stern command, " Go in first." - "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers.
• Roebuck's face grew stern. - "The Deluge", David Graham Phillips.