sternest in English

adjective

1

(of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline.

a smile transformed his stern face

synonyms: serious, unsmiling, frowning, severe, forbidding, grim, unfriendly, austere, dour, stony, flinty, steely, unrelenting, unforgiving, unbending, unsympathetic, disapproving

adjective

serious, unsmiling, frowning, severe, forbidding, grim, unfriendly, austere, dour, stony, flinty, steely, unrelenting, unforgiving, unbending, unsympathetic, disapproving
strict, severe, stringent, harsh, drastic, hard, tough, extreme, rigid, ruthless, rigorous, exacting, demanding, uncompromising, unsparing, inflexible, authoritarian, draconian
inexorable, grim, unappeasable, relentless, unforgiving, unrelenting
severe, stark, austere
strict, exacting
austere

Use "sternest" in a sentence

1. She is her own sternest critic.

2. 'Wait!' I shouted in my sternest voice.

3. The Savior’s sternest rebukes were to hypocrites.

4. 21 Rob's trout rod had stood the sternest test.

5. Synonyms for Austerest include sternest, severest, strictest, harshest, coldest, hardest, grimmest, flintiest, gravest and seriousest

6. Antonyms for Balmiest include harshest, roughest, coarsest, hardest, severest, sternest, winteriest, wintriest, barmiest and stormiest

7. At its sternest, Islamic law prescribes the death penalty for anybody who commits “apostasy”—or abandons the faith.

8. Members Who Have Been Censured By the House of Representatives Members Who Have Been Reprimanded By the House of Representatives Members Who Have Been Expelled From the House of Representatives The sternest form of punishment that the …