adv. 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 |
adj. severely simple a stark interior |
adj. complete or extreme stark poverty|a stark contrast |
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 thorough nuisance|a thoroughgoing villain|utter nonsense|the unadulterated truth Synonym: sodding, staring, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter, pure, perfect, arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross |
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 |