sterner Definition

tougher, stiffer, harsher, forceful, strident, sharper, bolder, conciliatory, gentler, resolute, stricter, stronger, softer, graver, subtler, braver, bellicose, lenient, toughened, weightier, livelier, defiant, clearer, assertive, fiercer, swifter, daunting, grimmer, blunter, friendlier, rougher, confrontational, nastier, ominous, kinder, gloomier, crueller, ruder, fearsome, weaker, schoolmasterly, nuanced, pragmatic, milder, severer, timid, bluntest, cagier, feistier, truer, tighter, truculent, dour, obdurate, keener, trickier, scornful, surer, formidable, scarier, greater, meatier, belligerent, heftier, cannier, readier, slighter, tetchy, meaner, ameliorative, shrewder, uglier, sanguine, grumpier, uncompromising, starker, intransigent, placatory, firmer, persuasive, calmer, steeper, punitive, churchillian, wilier, obstinate, wiser, gutsier, stringent, menacing, draconian, classier, cruder, moralistic, circumspect, rosier, streetwise, wary, politer, similar,