| eastern | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world | - |
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| (adjective) of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States | - |
| (adjective) lying toward or situated in the east | - |
| (adjective) from the east; used especially of winds | Synonyms: easterly |
| (adjective) lying in or toward the east | Synonyms: easterly |
| midwestern | (adjective) of a region of the United States generally including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and sometimes Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota | - |
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| northeastern | (adjective) of a region of the United States generally including the New England states, New York, and sometimes New Jersey and Pennsylvania | - |
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| (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northeast | Synonyms: northeast, northeasterly |
| northwestern | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northwest | Synonyms: northwest, northwesterly |
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| (adjective) of a region of the United States generally including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and sometimes Montana, Wyoming | - |
| southeastern | (adjective) of a region of the United States generally including Alabama; Georgia; Florida; Tennessee; South Carolina; North Carolina | - |
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| (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the southeast | Synonyms: southeast, southeasterly |
| southwestern | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the southwest | Synonyms: southwest, southwesterly |
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| (adjective) of a region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and sometimes Nevada, Utah, Colorado | - |
| stern | (adjective) severe and unremitting in making demands | Synonyms: exacting, strict |
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| (adjective) not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty | Synonyms: grim, inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting |
| (adjective) of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect | Synonyms: austere |
| (adjective) severely simple | Synonyms: austere, severe, stark |
| subaltern | (adjective) inferior in rank or status | Synonyms: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary |
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| western | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts | - |
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| (adjective) of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River | - |
| (adjective) lying toward or situated in the west | - |
| (adjective) of wind; from the west | Synonyms: westerly |