STARK

• (adverb) completely

  "stark mad", "mouth stark open"

• (adj.) devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

  "the blunt truth", "the crude facts", "facing the stark reality of the deadline"

  synonyms : blunt , crude

  She was forced to face the blunt truth about her husband. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) 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

  The bleak treeless regions of the high Andes provided him no shelter. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) 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 , unadulterated , utter

  He's a consummate fool. -added by naila_inlas

  Bob dismissed the rumours as arrant nonsense. -added by BagomboSnuffbox

• (adj.) complete or extreme

  "stark poverty", "a stark contrast"

• (adj.) severely simple

  "a stark interior"

  synonyms : austere , severe , stern

  The room was far too austere to be a child's ursery. -added by geeta_inlas

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