Related Clues:

• Disastrous, desperately sad
• Appalling or extreme
• Austere, serious
• Harsh and exacting
• Involving grief of death or destruction
• Austere, grim
• Strict, harsh
• Strict, stark
• Stern, harsh
• Harsh or strict
• ''Wilful waste makes . . . . . . want''
• Harsh and strict
• Disastrous and sad
• Austere, stern
• Strict, hard