American English pronunciation
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Adjective
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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”
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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”
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severely simple
“a stark interior”
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devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
“the blunt truth”
“the crude facts”
“facing the stark reality of the deadline”
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complete or extreme
“stark poverty”
“a stark contrast”
Adverb
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completely
“stark mad”
“mouth stark open”
Usage examples
- Stark naked. Under bare poles. In puris naturalibus.
- Stark naked. Under bare poles. In puris naturalibus.
- Stark naked. Under bare poles. In puris naturalibus.
- The birch looked stark white and lonesome.
- The Chicago cast included: Billy Porter and Stark Sands.
- The birch looked stark white and lonesome.
- He received many letters from supporters, expressing their faith in him in stark terms.
- One of Crandall's heroes, General John Stark, was the inspiration for William's middle name.
- Owen's debut, "Owen" was a stark departure from previous Mike Kinsella projects.
- This convinced Mandarin that Tony Stark was not Iron Man.