ascetic Definition

ascetic
noun

1. Someone who shuns or abstains from all physical comfort and pleasure, especially someone who does so in solitude and for religious reasons.

Thesaurus: puritan, abstainer, celibate, flagellant, monk, nun; Antonym: voluptuary.

adj

1. Characterized by the shunning of or abstinence from physical pleasure and comfort; self-denying.

Thesaurus: austere, abstinent, continent, self-denying, severe, spartan, puritanical, temperate, strict, self-disciplined, celibate, abstemious.

Derivative: ascetically
adverb

Derivative: asceticism
noun

Etymology: 17c: from Greek asketikos, from askeein to practise, train.