Definition: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
Usage: the blunt truth; the crude facts; facing the stark reality of the deadline
Similar words: unconditional, unconditioned
Definition: not conditional
Usage: unconditional surrender
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: inhospitable
Definition: unfavorable to life or growth
Usage: the barren inhospitable desert; inhospitable mountain areas
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: unmitigated
Definition: not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier
Usage: unmitigated suffering; an unmitigated horror; an unmitigated lie
Synonyms: stark
Definition: complete or extreme
Usage: stark poverty; a stark contrast
Similar words: immoderate
Definition: beyond reasonable limits
Usage: immoderate laughter; immoderate spending
Synonyms: stern, austere, stark, severe
Definition: severely simple
Usage: a stark interior
Similar words: plain
Definition: not elaborate or elaborated; simple
Usage: plain food; stuck to the plain facts; a plain blue suit; a plain rectangular brick building