spartan

IPA: spˈɑrtʌn

Root Word: Spartan

Of or relating to Sparta or its citizens.
Austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial.
Resolute in the face of danger or adversity.
Lacking in decoration and luxury.
Alternative spelling of spartan [Austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial.]

Examples of "spartan" in Sentences

"I won't use the word spartan, but there's not too much ceremony."
Poking into the Butler skyline, the building is best described as spartan and secure.
He noted that trade volume remained "spartan" as most investors stuck to the sidelines.
Throw in spartan cold, and you get Al Franken, Barak Obama, Kwame Kilpatrick and Tom Harkin.
Men like to keep their bathrooms distinctly spartan, that is until a girlfriend arrives and inevitably stakes her claim.
The VideoCrawler interface, which one might describe as spartan, lets you drag and drop windows, like the video player or the channels feature.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame member, now 73 years old, recalls the spartan Marion County coal camp of his youth, where his teachers Mrs. Hornyak and Mr. Wolfe made lasting impressions.
Despite his reputation for debauchery, his rumored orgies seem to have been fictional, and the supposedly hedonistic pope followed what Duffy calls a "spartan and coarse diet" heavy on sardines.
The truth is that every top leader, including L.K. Advani, Arun Jaitley, Nitin Gadkari and the chief ministers and deputy chief ministers, stayed put in the tents that can be described as spartan, but comfortable.