stark meaning and definition

STARK adjective

Definition of stark (adjective)

1. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
   • "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"
   • synonyms: blunt, crude
2. severely simple
   • "a stark interior"
   • synonyms: austere, severe, stern
3. complete or extreme
   • "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast"
4. 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"
   • synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter
5. 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"
   • synonyms: bare, barren, bleak, desolate

STARK adverb

Definition of stark (adverb)

1. completely
   • "stark mad"; "mouth stark open"