Definitions for stark

Definitions for (adj) stark

Main entry: stark, blunt, crude

Definition: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

Usage: the blunt truth; the crude facts; facing the stark reality of the deadline


Main entry: desolate, bleak, bare, barren, stark

Definition: providing no shelter or sustenance

Usage: bare rocky hills; barren lands; the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes; the desolate surface of the moon; a stark landscape


Main entry: unadulterated, thoroughgoing, staring, stark, sodding, utter, complete, everlasting, perfect, arrant, pure, gross, consummate, double-dyed

Definition: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

Usage: an arrant fool; a complete coward; a consummate fool; a double-dyed villain; gross negligence; a perfect idiot; pure folly; what a sodding mess; stark staring mad; a thoroughgoing villain; utter nonsense; the unadulterated truth


Main entry: stark

Definition: complete or extreme

Usage: stark poverty; a stark contrast


Main entry: stern, austere, stark, severe

Definition: severely simple

Usage: a stark interior


Definitions for (adv) stark

Main entry: stark

Definition: completely

Usage: stark mad; mouth stark open


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