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stark stark definition

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") 



stark definition