Definitions for stark

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, stern

(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, unadulterated

(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")

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 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. stark

(completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open")