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stark
adjective
1 stark
Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment:
— Facing the stark reality of the deadline.
synonyms: blunt, crude.
Roget 323:
hard,
rigid,
stubborn,
stiff,
firm;
starch,
starched;
stark,
unbending,
unlimber,
unyielding;
inflexible,
tense;
indurate,
indurated;
gritty,
proof.
adamant,
adamantine,
adamantean†;
concrete,
stony,
granitic,
calculous,
lithic†,
vitreous;
horny,
corneous†;
bony;
osseous,
ossific†;
cartilaginous;
hard as a rock
etc.
n.;
stiff as buckram,
stiff as a poker;
stiff as starch,
stiff as as board.
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2 stark
3 stark
4 stark
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers:
— Stark staring mad.
synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter ... show more.
Roget 31:
great;
greater
etc.
33;
large,
considerable,
fair,
above par;
big,
huge
etc.
(large in size)
192;
Herculean,
cyclopean;
ample;
abundant;
etc.
(enough)
639
full,
intense,
strong,
sound,
passing,
heavy,
plenary,
deep,
high;
signal,
at its height,
in the zenith.
world-wide,
widespread,
far-famed,
extensive;
wholesale;
many
etc.
102.
goodly,
noble,
precious,
mighty;
sad,
grave,
heavy,
serious;
far gone,
arrant,
downright;
utter,
uttermost;
crass,
gross,
arch,
profound,
intense,
consummate;
rank,
uninitiated,
red-hot,
desperate;
glaring,
flagrant,
stark staring;
thorough-paced,
thoroughgoing;
roaring,
thumping;
extraordinary. ;
important
etc.
642;
unsurpassed
etc.
(supreme)
33;
complete
etc.
52.
august,
grand,
dignified,
sublime,
majestic
etc.
(repute)
873.
vast,
immense,
enormous,
extreme;
inordinate,
excessive,
extravagant,
exorbitant,
outrageous,
preposterous,
unconscionable,
swinging,
monstrous,
overgrown;
towering,
stupendous,
prodigious,
astonishing,
incredible;
marvelous
etc.
870.
unlimited
etc.
(infinite)
105;
unapproachable,
unutterable,
indescribable,
ineffable,
unspeakable,
inexpressible,
beyond expression,
fabulous.
undiminished,
unabated,
unreduced†,
unrestricted.
absolute,
positive,
stark,
decided,
unequivocal,
essential,
perfect,
finished.
remarkable,
of mark,
marked,
pointed,
veriest;
noteworthy;
renowned.
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5 stark
Providing no shelter or sustenance:
— A stark landscape.
synonyms: bare, barren, bleak, desolate.
Roget 32:
small,
little;
diminutive
etc.
(small in size)
193;
minute;
fine;
inconsiderable,
paltry
etc.
(unimportant)
643;
faint
etc.
(weak)
160;
slender,
light,
slight,
scanty,
scant,
limited;
meager
etc.
(insufficient)
640;
sparing;
few
etc.
103;
low,
so-so,
middling,
tolerable,
no great shakes;
below par,
under par,
below the mark;
at a low ebb;
halfway;
moderate,
modest;
tender,
subtle.
inappreciable,
evanescent,
infinitesimal,
homeopathic,
very small;
atomic,
corpuscular,
microscopic,
molecular,
subatomic.
mere,
simple,
sheer,
stark,
bare;
near run.
dull,
petty,
shallow,
stolid,
ungifted,
unintelligent.
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adverb
1 stark
Completely.
Roget 52:
completely
etc.
adj.;
altogether,
outright,
wholly,
totally,
in toto,
quite;
all out;
over head and ears;
effectually,
for good and all,
nicely,
fully,
through thick and thin,
head and shoulders;
neck and heel,
neck and crop;
in all respects,
in every respect;
at all points,
out and out,
to all intents and purposes;
toto coelo [Lat.];
utterly;
clean,
clean as a whistle;
to the full,
to the utmost,
to the backbone;
hollow,
stark;
heart and soul,
root and branch,
down to the ground.
to the top of one's bent,
as far as possible,
a outrance†.
throughout;
from first to last,
from beginning to end,
from end to end,
from one end to the other,
from Dan to Beersheba,
from head to foot,
from top to toe,
from top to bottom,
de fond en comble [Fr.];
a fond,
a capite ad calcem [Lat.],
ab ovo usque ad mala [Lat.],
fore and aft;
every,
whit,
every inch;
cap-a-pie,
to the end of the chapter;
up to the brim,
up to the ears,
up to the eyes;
as a as can be.
on all accounts;
sous tous les rapports [Fr.];
with a vengeance,
with a witness.
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Moby thesaurus: Spartan, absolute, absolutely, altogether, arrant, ascetic, austere, bald, bare, barren, basic, blasted, bleak, blessed, blunt, candid, chaste, classical, clean, clear, clearly, cold, common, commonplace, complete, completely, confounded, consummate, crass, decided, definitive, depressing, desolate, direct, downright, drear, dreary, dry, dull, egregious, elementary, empty, entirely, essential, evident, flagrant, frank, fully, fundamental, glaring, grey, grim, gross, hard, harsh, homely, homespun, homogeneous, indivisible, infernal, inornate, intolerable, irreducible, irretrievably, irrevocably, lean, matter-of-fact, mere, monolithic, naked, natural, neat, nude, obvious, obviously, of a piece, open, out-and-out, outright, patent, perfect, perfectly, plain, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, plainly, plumb, positive, primary, profound, pronounced, proper, prosaic, prosing, prosy, pure, pure and simple, quite, rank, ravaged, raw, regular, right, rustic, severe, shattering, sheer, shocking, simon-pure, simple, simple-speaking, single, sober, spare, spooky, stark-naked, stark-staring, straightforward, stripped, superlative, surpassing, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, totally, unadorned, unaffected, unbearable, unclad, unclothed, uncluttered, unconditional, unconscionable, undeniable, undifferenced, undifferentiated, unelaborate, unembellished, unenhanced, unequivocal, unfancy, unfussy, uniform, unimaginative, unmitigated, unornate, unpoetical, unqualified, unrelieved, unrelievedly, unspoiled, unvarnished, utter, utterly, vacant, vacuous, void, wholly ... show more.
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