The phrase "austere character" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that is strict, severe, or lacking in embellishment or luxury.
Example: "The austere character of the monastery reflected its commitment to simplicity and discipline."
Alternatives: "stern demeanor" or "severe nature".
The austere character of the almost fortresslike walls of the exterior is reinforced by symmetrical bell towers on the corners and an elaborately articulated entrance portal.
These grid patterns were in harmony with the austere character of the interiors, and their geometrical plan enabled the artist to depict clearly the various episodes and symbols of a narrative subject.
And his austere character study of the murdered man, who worked without complaint in indentured servitude on a chicken farm, reminds us of how sensitive he has always been to people so ordinary that they seem to disappear.
But deeply religious Gaudí was an austere character: it was left to Jujol, his little-known collaborator, to bring a lightness of touch and humour to many of his most famous works.
The charges are as flimsy as the rule of law in Belarus generally: Mr Bialatski is an austere character and the accounts, even if nominally in his own name, were used for his human-rights work.The unearthing of the bank accounts does not just get only Mr Bialatski into trouble.
Thomas, who intends to enter the restoration field when he com pletes his graduate work in art history, and his brother designed the interiors to reflect both their own informal living style and the austere character of the Moravian sect that flourished here.
Austere characters, either smiling sweetly or with Art Deco non-expressions enjoy painterly pleasures of the flesh.
Van Gogh's depicts him as an austere, enigmatic character with eyes like a cat's — as he put it, "a simple" Japanese monk "worshipping the eternal Buddha".
"Nervy", with "an austere, honeyed character", was how one winemaker described the bubbly on offer on a wet afternoon at Denbies, a vineyard in Surrey that is also Britain's largest.
Widely misunderstood at first, Cantillon's austere, tart, musty character has sometimes led drinkers to declare the beer infected — and to return bottles by the case.
Such a potentially austere relic needs characters to liven it up and ODL's ebullient head-man, Willem Vlok, and his younger, drier manager, David, are a fine double-act.
