Austere
- Grim or severe in manner or appearance
- Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy
- 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