stern

1. Firm or unyielding; uncompromising.

2. Grim, gloomy, or forbidding in appearance or outlook.

3. Hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character: a stern disciplinarian. See Synonyms at severe.

4. Inexorable; relentless: stern necessity.

5. Having a definite hardness or severity of nature or manner .

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1. Isaac 1920–2001 Am. (Russ.-born) violinist.

2. Otto 1888–1969 Am. (Ger.-born) physicist.

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1. A rear part or section.

2. Nautical The rear part of a ship or boat.

3. The rear end of a boat.

4. A hinder or rear part the last or latter part.

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4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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