stark

Speech parts

1. stark - Noun

2. stark - Adjective

3. stark - Verb

4. stark - Adverb

6. stark - Adjective Satellite

7. Stark - Proper noun

Meaning

Stiff; rigid.

Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire.

Strong; vigorous; powerful.

Severe; violent; fierce.

Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright.

Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mind.

To stiffen.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

stern severe bare blunt austere bleak franciscan spartan complete direct simple basic arrant cold pure
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Antonyms

rococo baroque complete complex affective gilt
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Phrases with the word

in stark contrast standing in stark contrast stark contrast in a stark form be in stark contrast stark space

Anagrams

skart karst Trask

Examples

I came to a stark realization: chronic surpluses could be almost as destabilizing as chronic deficits. Alan Greenspan

No known human group... simply throw[s] out its dead without any ritual or ceremony. In stark contrast, no animal practices burial of dead individuals of its own species. Theodosius Dobzhansky

Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't pretend to understand. Harper Lee

The gray-green stretch of sandy grass, Indefinitely desolate; A sea of lead, a sky of slate; Already autumn in the air, alas! One stark monotony of stone, The long hotel, acutely white, Against the after-sunset light Withers gray-green, and takes the grass's tone. Arthur Symons

The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our society by war since total war is total destruction, and if war is used as an instrument of policy, eventually we will have total war. Lester B. Pearson

Twa Daughters, and a back-door, are three stark thieves. Scottish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

staring spell staringly starjump stark bollock naked stark contrast Stark County