Nouns

(n)stern, after part, quarter, poop, tailthe rear part of a ship
(n)buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, assthe fleshy part of the human body that you sit on“he deserves a good kick in the butt”, “are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?”

Adjectives

(s)austere, sternof a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect“an austere expression”, “a stern face”
(s)grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelentingnot to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty“grim determination”, “grim necessity”, “Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty”, “relentless persecution”, “the stern demands of parenthood”
(s)stern, strict, exactingsevere and unremitting in making demands“an exacting instructor”, “a stern disciplinarian”, “strict standards”
(s)austere, severe, stark, sternseverely simple“a stark interior”