ascetical

An archaic adjective describing a person who practices severe self-discipline and abstains from worldly pleasures, typically for religious or spiritual reasons.

• 🇷🇺Устаревшее прилагательное, описывающее человека, который практикует суровую самодисциплину и воздерживается от мирских удовольствий, обычно по религиозным или духовным причинам.

1. Relating to asceticism C2 formal

   Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline and abstention from worldly pleasures.

   • The monk led an ascetical life of prayer and fasting.
   • Her ascetical practices included sleeping on a hard floor.
   • The ascetical tradition emphasizes simplicity and self-control.

   🇷🇺Аскетический

   Синонимы: abstemiousasceticausteremonasticself-denyingself-disciplined

   Антонимы: epicureanindulgentluxuriousself-indulgentsybariticvoluptuous

2. Practicing self-denial C2 formal

   Characterized by great self-denial and abstention from indulgence.

   • His ascetical habits made him indifferent to luxury.
   • The ascetical lifestyle of the hermit was admired by many.
   • She adopted an ascetical routine to focus on her spiritual growth.

   🇷🇺Аскетический

   Синонимы: abstemiousabstinentasceticausterefrugalself-denyingspartan

   Антонимы: epicureanluxuriousself-indulgentsybariticvoluptuous

• more ascetical comparative form
• most ascetical superlative form