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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; German shtahrk ]
noun
- Harold Rayns·ford [reynz, -ferd], 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
- ··Ա [yoh-, hah, -n, uh, s], 1874–1957, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1919.
- John, 1728–1822, American Revolutionary War general.
Stark
1noun
- ɑː 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)
- ʃٲ 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/ ɑː /
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
Derived Forms
- ˈٲԱ, noun
- ˈٲ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ٲ· adverb
- ٲ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of stark1
Example Sentences
That stands in stark contrast to the current stalemate between the city and the Angels over the future of Angel Stadium.
More than any particular policy, Trump’s second try at the presidency has proved a stark departure from the first because, this time around, he is testing whether any limits exist on executive authority.
Director David Cromer, whose sensibility gravitates between stark and dark, endows the staging with macabre elegance.
The bond rating downgrades came days after Mayor Karen Bass outlined the city’s stark economic situation in her proposed budget for 2025-26, which includes laying off about 1,650 city workers.
These stark disparities are signs of arbitrary action, not rational policymaking.
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