stern - noun

the rear part of a ship

United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

stern - adjective

• of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
• severe and unremitting in making demands
• severely simple

stern - thesaurus

austere   exacting   grim   inexorable   poop   quarter   relentless   severe   stark   strict   tail   unappeasable   unforgiving   unrelenting