The phrase "austere feeling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an atmosphere or mood that is stark, severe, or lacking in comfort or luxury.
Example: "The austere feeling of the empty church added to the sense of solitude and reflection."
Alternatives: "stern atmosphere" or "severe ambiance".
His pages were not easy to read, but he became, in the words of Stanley Morison, the typographical idol of the man of taste, and his "plain"—though deliberately and artfully contrived designs were an important factor in the decline in importance of the édition de luxe and its replacement by works more austere in feeling, more modern even to today's eyes.
Feminize an austere look with makeup.
The little bungalows called Dunroamin and Welikeit and Vi-and-I will not, we feel, be able to look upon this austere concrete without feeling embarrassed and inferior.
By contrast with his sociable and often indolent friend, whose self-indulgence charmed others into feeling indulged, the austere and harder-working Wordsworth had no such success to compensate for his literary woes.
Her vision was bleak; her tone austere.
It is not that often that looks and sound match up in the music world, but the British-born pianist Stephen Hough's physical presence at Alice Tully Hall on Monday night — thoughtful, gaunt, a little austere despite the obvious strong feelings — had a lot in common with the music he was making.
Seemingly imprecise in their imagery, austere in palette, self-absorbed in feeling, their surfaces gritty and uningratiating, they can nevertheless become eloquent, for those patient enough to give them time.
He berates disadvantaged people who view themselves as victims of racism and preaches an austere individualism, yet harbors self-pitying feelings of resentment and anger at his own experiences of racism.
Its tone was austere throughout.
Add up the statistics, and the prospects look pretty austere.
