ascetical

1. 1.

   pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline

   “ascetic practices”

   Synonymsascetic
2. 2.

   practicing great self-denial

   “Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it”

   “a desert nomad's austere life”

   “a spartan diet”

   “a spartan existence”

   Synonymsasceticausterespartan

   Similarabstemious

Questions about ascetical

What does ascetical mean?

ascetical means "pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ascetical?

ascetical has 4 syllables: a-sce-ti-cal. The stress falls on "sce".

What is another word for ascetical?

Close synonyms include ascetic, ascetic, austere, spartan. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ascetical a common word?

ascetical is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.