| Stark |
| Sober |
| Rigid |
| Stern |
| SPARE |
| Harsh |
| Simple |
| Severe |
| Spartan |
| Unadorned |
| No-frills |
| Cheerless |
| Unbending |
| Abstemious |
| Bare-bones |
| Forbidding |
| Grave ____ |
| Astringent |
| Hardly lavish |
| Unembellished |
| Stern and cold |
| Lacking luxury |
| Uncompromising |
| Severely simple |
| Somber and grave |
| Hardly luxurious |
| Tight, budgetwise |
| Like monastic life |
| Like monastery life |
| Like Spartan living |
| Stern in appearance |
| Far from comfortable |
| Grim — USA tree (anag) |
| Like Brutalist architecture |
| Severe or strict in attitude |
| Like many budgets, these days |
| Strict, like life in a monastery |