The rear part of a ship.

synonyms: after part, poop, quarter, tail.

Dutch: achterschip, achtersteven, steven
Polish: rufa

United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920).

synonym: Isaac Stern.

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.

synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush ... show more.

Roget 235: rear, back, posteriority; rear rank, rear guard; background, hinterland.    occiput [Anat.], nape, chine; heels; tail, rump, croup, buttock, posteriors, backside scut^†, breech, dorsum, loin; dorsal region, lumbar region; hind quarters; aitchbone^†; natch, natch bone.    stern, poop, afterpart^†, heelpiece^†, crupper.    wake; train etc. (sequence) 281.    reverse; other side of the shield.    ... show more

Dutch: achterste, achtersteven, achterwerk, batterij, bibs, bips, derrière, fundament, gat, hol, kont, krent, posterieur, reet, tooches, zitvlak ... show more
Polish: cztery litery, pupa, tyłek, zadek

Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect:
— A stern face.

synonym: austere.

Roget 895: discourteous, uncourteous^†; uncourtly^†; ill-bred, ill-mannered, ill-behaved, ill-conditioned; unbred; unmannerly, unmannered; impolite, unpolite^†; unpolished, uncivilized, ungenteel; ungentleman-like, ungentlemanly; unladylike; blackguard; vulgar etc. 851; dedecorous^†; foul-mouthed foul-spoken; abusive.    uncivil, ungracious, unceremonious; cool; pert, forward, obtrusive, impudent, rude, saucy, precocious.    repulsive; uncomplaisant^†, unaccommodating, unneighborly, ungallant; inaffable^†; ungentle, ungainly; rough, rugged, bluff, blunt, gruff; churlish, boorish, bearish; brutal, brusque; stern, harsh, austere; cavalier.    taint, sour, crabbed, sharp, short, trenchant, sarcastic, biting, doggish, caustic, virulent, bitter, acrimonious, venomous, contumelious; snarling etc. v.; surly, surly as a bear; perverse; grim, sullen etc. 901.1; peevish etc. (irascible) 901.    untactful, impolitic, undiplomatic; artless etc. 703; ... show more

Polish: surowy, groźny, srogi

Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty:
— The stern demands of parenthood.

synonyms: grim, inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting.

Roget 739: severe; strict, hard, harsh, dour, rigid, stiff, stern, rigorous, uncompromising, exacting, exigent, exigeant^†, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, austere, hard-headed, hard-nosed, hard-shell [U.S.], relentless, Spartan, Draconian, stringent, strait-laced, searching, unsparing, iron-handed, peremptory, absolute, positive, arbitrary, imperative; coercive etc. 744; tyrannical, extortionate, grinding, withering, oppressive, inquisitorial; inclement etc. (ruthless) 914.1; cruel etc. (malevolent) 907; haughty, arrogant etc. 885; precisian^†.    ... show more

Severe and unremitting in making demands:
— A stern disciplinarian.

synonyms: exacting, strict.

Polish: srogi, surowy

Severely simple.

synonyms: austere, severe, stark.