Definition of stark

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stark - 7 definitions

- adjective
1. blunt -- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"
synonyms: blunt, crude
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. austere -- severely simple; "a stark interior"
synonyms: austere, severe, stern
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. stark -- complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. arrant -- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "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"
synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. bare -- providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
synonyms: bare, barren, bleak, desolate
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. stark, starker -- harsh in appearance
synonyms: starker, starkly, starkest, starked, starken, starking, starks
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
- adverb
7. stark -- completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 

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