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stark
1[stahrk]
adjective
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, shtah
noun
Harold Raynsford 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
Johannes 1874–1957, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1919.
John, 1728–1822, American Revolutionary War general.
stark
1/ 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
Stark
2noun
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)
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
Other Word Forms
- starkly adverb
- starkness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of stark1
Example Sentences
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Andrew Muir said it was a "stark reminder that we cannot afford to be complacent".
His reply is equally stark when asked why he targeted them.
Fittingly, his return to the big screen after announcing a retirement in 2017 is in a movie that exudes the same stark, elemental quality.
In his speech, the prime minister reinforced that message, telling the party faithful the country faced a stark choice between "renewal or decline".
The situation is in stark contrast to the rebuilding efforts in more suburban communities, like Santa Rosa and Redding, where construction was buzzing along two years after the flames.
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