Related Words for stern

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demanding
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Adjective, Adjective
exacting
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Adjective, Adjective
austere
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Adjective, Adjective
grim
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Adjective, Adjective, Verb, Noun
strict
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Noun, Adjective
unforgiving
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Adjective, Adjective
can
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
relentless
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Noun, Adjective
prat
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Adjective, Noun, Adjective
inexorable
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Adjective, Adjective
poop
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
rear
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Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
unrelenting
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Adverb, Adjective
behind
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Adjective, Adverb, Adjective, Noun
implacable
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Noun, Adjective
arse
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bum
/
Verb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
backside
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adjective
butt
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
fanny
/x
Verb, Name
buns
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Name, Noun, Adjective
rump
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
tail
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Verb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
ass
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Adjective, Noun, Adjective
seat
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
quarter
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
bottom
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
aft
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
posterior
x/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
buttocks
/x
Noun, Noun
hind end
//
Phrase, Noun
hindquarters
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Noun, Noun
rear end
//
Phrase, Noun
tail end
//
Phrase, Noun
unbending
x/x
Adjective
gruff
/
Adjective
stoic
/x
Noun
defiant
x/x
Adjective
unsmiling
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Adjective
scolding
/x
Noun
disciplinarian
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Noun
imperious
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Adjective
haughty
/x
Adjective
forceful
/x
Adjective
glowering
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Verb
reproachful
x/x
Adjective
brusque
/
Adjective
curt
/
Noun
rigid
/x
Adjective
unyielding
x/x
Adjective
solemn
/x
Adjective
merciless
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Adjective
scornful
/x
Adjective
stolid
/x
Adjective
peremptory
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Adjective
gentle
/x
Adjective
taskmaster
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Noun
resolute
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Adjective
sullen
/x
Adjective
impassive
x/x
Adjective
humorless
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Adjective
dour
/x
Noun
fatherly
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Adjective
unflinching
x/x
Adjective
scowling
/x
Verb
stoical
/xx
Adjective
sardonic
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Adjective
martinet
x/x
Noun
domineering
xx/x
Adjective
supercilious
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Adjective
wrathful
/x
Adjective
admonishment
x/xx
Noun
helmsman
/x
Noun
uncompromising
x/xxx
Adjective
prow
/
Noun
belligerent
x/xx
Noun
fierce
/
Adjective
quarterdeck
/xx
Noun
pugnacious
x/x
Adjective
pitiless
/xx
Adjective
harsh
/
Adjective
rebuke
x/
Noun
sneering
/x
Verb
truculent
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Adjective
starboard
/x
Adjective, Verb
menacing
/xx
Adjective
jovial
/xx
Adjective
moralistic
xx/x
Adjective
blunt
/
Name
taciturn
/xx
Adjective
emphatic
x/x
Adjective
dutiful
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Adjective
strident
/x
Adjective
laconic
x/x
Adjective
defiance
x/x
Noun
impudent
x/x
Adjective
sulky
/x
Adjective
steely
/x
Adjective
gunwale
//
Noun
frowning
/x
Verb
vehement
/xx
Adjective
demeanour
x/x
Noun
censorious
/x/x
Adjective
puritanical
xx/xx
Adjective
insolent
/xx
Adjective
keel
/
Noun
vigorous
/xx
Adjective
authoritarian
xxx/xx
Adjective
transom
/x
Noun
watchful
/x
Adjective
countenance
/xx
Noun
rudder
/x
Noun
unwavering
x/xx
Adjective
ruthless
/x
Adjective
upright
x/
Adjective
pensive
/x
Adjective
disdainful
x/x
Adjective
mournful
/x
Adjective
outspoken
//x
Adjective
astern
/x
Adverb, Adjective
vengeful
/x
Adjective
rakish
/x
Adjective
boisterous
/xx
Adjective
steadfast
/x
Adjective
sarcastic
x/x
Adjective
steering
/x
Noun
autocratic
xx/x
Adjective
bowsprit
//
Noun
reverential
xx/x
Adjective
lenient
/xx
Adjective
officious
x/x
Adjective
lashing
/x
Verb
stiff
/
Adjective
somber
/x
Adjective
reprimand
/xx
Noun
rueful
/x
Adjective
mettle
/x
Noun
essential
x/x
Adjective
tania
/x
Name
altmann
/x
Name
dory
/x
Noun
skiff
/
Noun
raked
/
Adjective
rowboat
/x
Noun
dinghy
/x
Noun
beebe
/x
Name
bow
/
Noun
bloomer
/x
Noun
carlin
/x
Name
overhanging
/xxx
Adjective
trawler
/x
Noun
fuhrer
/x
Name
canoe
x/
Noun
barge
/
Noun
houseboat
/x
Noun
oar
/
Noun
freighter
/x
Noun
sailboat
/x
Noun
chew
/
Noun
boat
/
Noun
sherwood
/x
Name
kayak
/x
Noun
mcclintock
x/x
Name
dredge
/
Noun
yacht
/
Noun
lifeboat
/x
Noun
ostrom
/x
Name
jervis
/x
Name
fishman
/x
Name
imprints
x/
Verb
tanker
/x
Noun
punt
/
Noun
gondola
/xx
Noun
rowing
/x
Noun
sayers
/x
Name
jaffe
/x
Name
flagstaff
/x
Noun
stem
/
Noun
sheer
/
Noun
perlman
/x
Name
schooner
/x
Noun
uttermost
/xx
Adjective
frisch
/
Name
flagship
/x
Noun
ship
/
Noun
galley
/x
Noun
bosch
/
Name
acute
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
antlers
/x
Noun
archway
/x
Noun
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
backseat
x/
Noun, Verb
bar
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blade
/
Noun, Verb
chimney
/x
Noun, Verb
critical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
daunting
/x
Adjective, Noun
draconian
x/xx
Adjective
drastic
/x
Adjective, Noun
dura
/x
Noun
energetic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
firm
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
fore
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
forehead
/x
Noun
formidable
/xxx
Adjective
grave
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hind
/
Adjective, Noun
impel
x/
Verb
inflexible
x/xx
Adjective
inscribed
x/
Adjective
lineman
/x
Noun
mad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
manly
/x
Adjective, Name
mean
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
momentum
x/x
Noun
morose
x/
Adjective
noses
/x
Noun
pedestal
/xx
Noun, Verb
pediment
/xx
Noun
pier
/
Noun
propel
x/
Verb
pupa
/x
Noun
racing
/x
Noun
rearward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
rigorous
/xx
Adjective
robust
x/
Adjective
roof
/
Noun, Verb
rough
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
sails
/
Noun
serious
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
severe
x/
Adjective, Noun
sombre
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
spare
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
spout
/
Noun, Verb
stairway
/x
Noun
star
/
Noun, Verb
stark
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
stringent
/x
Adjective
strong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
sturdy
/x
Adjective, Noun
teacher
/x
Noun
tight
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
top
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
tough
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
tyrant
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
wooden
/x
Adjective, Noun
yan
/
Name
yun
/
Name
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
shirtless
/x
Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb