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Austere

  1. Grim or severe in manner or appearance
  1. Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy
  2. The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.
Synonyms

(grim or severe): stern, strict, forbidding

(lacking trivial decoration): simple, plain, unadorned, unembellished

Antonyms

(not lacking trivial decoration): overwrought, flamboyant, extravagant, gaudy, flashy