English adjective: ascetical | |||
1. | ascetical pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline | ||
Samples | Ascetic practices. | ||
Synonyms | ascetic | ||
2. | ascetical practicing great self-denial | ||
Samples | Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it. A desert nomad's austere life. A spartan diet. A spartan existence. | ||
Synonyms | ascetic, austere, spartan | ||
Similar | abstemious | ||
Antonyms | gluttonous | ||