stark
[stahrk]
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adjective, stark·er, stark·est.
adverb
utterly, absolutely, or quite: stark mad.
Chiefly Scot. and North England. in a stark manner; stoutly or vigorously.
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simple, blunt, desolate, austere, harsh, depressing, grim, bleak, abrupt, arrant, bald, bare, blessed, complete, confounded, consummate, downright, entire, firm, flagrantExamples from the Web for starkest
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In Mandeville, and in Kaye, it is presented only in its barest and starkest form.
A Letter to DionBernard Mandeville
A sea-voyage lays bare many secrets and shows up human nature at its starkest.
Jan and Her JobL. Allen Harker
stark
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Word Origin for stark
Old English stearc stiff; related to Old Norse sterkr, Gothic gastaurknan to stiffen
Stark
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