adj., stark·er, stark·est.

1. Bare or blunt: “His language has become increasingly stark, to the point of sounding strident” (Robert Pear).
2. Complete or utter; extreme: stark poverty; a stark contrast.
3. Harsh; grim: “faced with that stark future” (Robert C. McFarlane). “[They] found it hard to accept such a stark portrait of unrelieved failure” (W. Bruce Lincoln).

adv.

Utterly; entirely: stark raving mad.

[Middle English, stiff, severe, strong, from Old English stearc.]

starkly stark'ly adv.
starkness stark'ness n.

adjective

Cold and forbidding: austere, bleak, dour, grim, hard, harsh, severe. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, hot/cold/lukewarm.

adj

Definition: bare, unadorned
Antonyms: clothed, covered, disguised, ornate

adj

Definition: utter, absolute
Antonyms: fuzzy, indefinite, indistinct

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IN BRIEF: Sheer and utter. Also: Barren and desolate.

Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a flea, and yet he will be making gods by dozens. — Michel Montaigne (1533-1592)

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - utilsløret, ubetinget, ren og skær, nøgen, bar, grel, skarp, barsk, stærk
adv. - aldeles

Nederlands (Dutch)
stijf, scherp, grim, geheel

Français (French)
adj. - raide, rigide, désolé (une campagne), morne, (fig) telle qu'elle est (une vérité), à pic, escarpé (une falaise), pur, absolu, complet
adv. - complètement, tout

Deutsch (German)
adj. - nackt, öde, schier, völlig, total
adv. - völlig, total

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άκρος, ακραίος, άκαμπτος, βλοσυρός, σκέτος, αμιγής, ολόγυμνος, θεόγυμνος, έρημος, απέριττος, τραχύς, ολοφάνερος, ξεκάθαρος
adv. - εντελώς

Italiano (Italian)
completo, desolato, completamente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - completo
adv. - completamente

Русский (Russian)
окоченевший, окостеневший, охладелый, нагой, пустой, ничем не украшенный, бесплодный, совершенно, абсолютно, полностью, резко, решительно, прямо

Español (Spanish)
adj. - desolado, desierto, desnudo, rígido, tieso
adv. - completamente, absolutamente, rigurosamente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - styv, stel, fullständig, naken, bar, skarp
adv. - absolut, fullständigt

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
僵硬的, 僵直的, 刻板的, 严格的, 赤裸裸的, 明显地, 完全地, 十足地, 突出地

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 僵硬的, 僵直的, 刻板的, 嚴格的, 赤裸裸的
adv. - 明顯地, 完全地, 十足地, 突出地

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 굳어진, 완전한, 강한
adv. - 아주, 순전히, 단호히

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - こわばった, 硬直した, 荒涼とした, 全くの, 純然たる, 明確な
adv. - 全く

idioms:

• stark naked    まる裸の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قوي, شديد, صارم (ظرف) تماما, بكل معنى الكلمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מוחלט, גמור, קשה, נוקשה, שומם, עירום‬
adv. - ‮לגמרי‬

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