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stark
1[ stahrk ]
adjective
, stark·er, stark·est.
- sheer, utter, downright, or complete:
This plan is stark madness!
- harsh, grim, or desolate, as a view, place, etc.:
Her photos capture the stark desert landscape.
- extremely simple or severe:
With its stark interior and rough ride, the car scores low in our luxury car ranking.
- bluntly or sternly plain; not softened or glamorized:
He panicked suddenly at the stark reality of the approaching deadline.
- distinct, sharp, or vivid:
The thriving community gardens stood in stark contrast to vacant land and abandoned buildings.
- stiff or rigid in substance, muscles, etc.
- rigid in death.
- Archaic. strong; powerful; massive or robust.
adverb
- utterly, absolutely, or quite:
stark mad.
- Chiefly Scot. and North England. in a stark manner; stoutly or vigorously.
Stark
2[ stahrk; German shtahrk ]
noun
- Harold Rayns·ford [reynz, -ferd], 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
- Jo·han·nes [yoh-, hah, -n, uh, s], 1874–1957, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1919.
- John, 1728–1822, American Revolutionary War general.
Stark
1noun
- stɑːk StarkFreya (Madeline), Dame18931993FBritishTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: travellerWRITING: writer Dame Freya ( Madeline ) (ˈfreɪə). 1893–1993, British traveller and writer, whose many books include The Southern Gates of Arabia (1936), Beyond Euphrates (1951), and The Journey's Echo (1963)
- ʃtark StarkJohannes18741957MGermanSCIENCE: physicist Johannes (joˈhanəs). 1874–1957, German physicist, who discovered the splitting of the lines of a spectrum when the source of light is subjected to a strong electrostatic field ( Stark effect , 1913): Nobel prize for physics 1919
stark
2/ stɑːk /
adjective
- usually prenominal devoid of any elaboration; blunt
the stark facts
- grim; desolate
a stark landscape
- usually prenominal utter; absolute
stark folly
- archaic.severe; violent
- archaic.rigid, as in death (esp in the phrases stiff and stark, stark dead )
- short for stark-naked
adverb
- completely
stark mad
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Derived Forms
- ˈstarkness, noun
- ˈstarkly, adverb
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Other Words From
- stark·ly adverb
- stark·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stark1
Old English stearc stiff; related to Old Norse sterkr , Gothic gastaurknan to stiffen
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