Stern



noun
1.
(NAUTICAL) (After part of a vessel, back or rear of anything) កន្សៃនាវា, ផ្នែកខាងក្រោយ (ទូក), ក្រោយ (ដែលនៅក្រោយ), ប៉ែកខាង ក្រោយ, គូថ
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) តឹង, ហ្មត់ចត់
adjective
1.
(harsh, severe, authoritarian, rigorous, stringent, rigid, resolute, firm, fixed, steely, Stout) ដែលប្រិតប្រៀន, ដែលតឹងរ៉ឹង, ដែលម៉ឺងម៉ាត់, ដែលត្រឹមត្រូវ, ដែលឥតល្អៀង, ដែលជាប់ stern discipline ដែលតឹង, stern face ដែលមាំ, stern rebuke ដែលខ្លាំង, យ៉ាងខ្លាំង
Example: Stern treatment for offenders.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.
2.
The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.
3.
(FIGURATIVE) The post of management or direction.
4.
The hinder part of anything.
5.
The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog.
6.
The black tern.
adjective
1.
Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree.
2.
Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
1.
absolute, austere, dogmatic, exacting, hard, harsh, intense, relentless, rigid, rigorous, severe, sharp, stringent, unmitigated, unyielding
1.
considerate, genial, indulgent, merciful, yielding