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stark |
Grep of noun stark starkness Overview of adj stark The adj stark has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) blunt, crude, stark -- (devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline") 2. austere, severe, stark -- (severely simple; "a stark interior") 3. stark -- (complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast") 4. arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter -- (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") 5. bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark -- (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") Overview of adv stark The adv stark has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. stark -- (completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open") Antonyms of adj stark 5 senses of stark Sense 1 blunt, crude(postnominal), stark(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA unconditional) -> conditional Sense 2 austere, severe, stark INDIRECT (VIA plain) -> fancy Sense 3 stark INDIRECT (VIA immoderate) -> moderate Sense 4 arrant(postnominal), complete(postnominal), consummate(postnominal), double-dyed(postnominal), everlasting(postnominal), gross(postnominal), perfect(postnominal), pure(postnominal), sodding(postnominal), stark(postnominal), staring(postnominal), thoroughgoing(postnominal), utter(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA unmitigated) -> mitigated Sense 5 bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark INDIRECT (VIA inhospitable) -> hospitable Similarity of adj stark 5 senses of stark Sense 1 blunt, crude(postnominal), stark(postnominal) => unconditional (vs. conditional) Sense 2 austere, severe, stark => plain (vs. fancy) Sense 3 stark => immoderate (vs. moderate) Sense 4 arrant(postnominal), complete(postnominal), consummate(postnominal), double-dyed(postnominal), everlasting(postnominal), gross(postnominal), perfect(postnominal), pure(postnominal), sodding(postnominal), stark(postnominal), staring(postnominal), thoroughgoing(postnominal), utter(postnominal) => unmitigated (vs. mitigated) Sense 5 bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark => inhospitable (vs. hospitable) Attributes of adj stark Familiarity of adj stark stark used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj stark stark stark naked starkers Overview of adj stark The adj stark has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) blunt, crude, stark -- (devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline") 2. austere, severe, stark -- (severely simple; "a stark interior") 3. stark -- (complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast") 4. arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter -- (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") 5. bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark -- (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") Overview of adv stark The adv stark has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. stark -- (completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open")
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