| stark (stärk) adj. stark·er, stark·est 1. Bare or blunt: "His language has become increasingly stark, to the point of sounding strident" (Robert Pear). 2. Complete or utter; extreme: stark poverty; a stark contrast. 3. Harsh; grim: "faced with that stark future" (Robert C. McFarlane). "[They] found it hard to accept such a stark portrait of unrelieved failure" (W. Bruce Lincoln). adv. Utterly; entirely: stark raving mad. [Middle English, stiff, severe, strong, from Old English stearc; see ster-1 in Indo-European roots.] stark  ly adv.stark ness n. |
stark [stɑːk]
adj
1. (usually prenominal) devoid of any elaboration; blunt the stark facts
2. grim; desolate a stark landscape
3. (usually prenominal) utter; absolute stark folly
4. Archaic severe; violent
5. Archaic or poetic rigid, as in death (esp in the phrases stiff and stark, stark dead)
6. short for stark-naked
adv
completely stark mad
[Old English stearc stiff; related to Old Norse sterkr, Gothic gastaurknan to stiffen]
starkly adv
starkness n
Stark
n
1. (Biographies) 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)
2. (Biographies / (German)) 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
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Adj. | 1. | stark - devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" unconditional, unconditioned - not conditional; "unconditional surrender" |
| 2. | stark - severely simple; "a stark interior" plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" | |
| 3. | stark - complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast" immoderate - beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending" | |
| 4. | stark - 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" arrant, double-dyed, sodding, utter, perfect, pure, staring, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, everlasting, consummate, complete, gross unmitigated - not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie" | |
| 5. | stark - 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" inhospitable - unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas" | |
| Adv. | 1. | stark - completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open" |
stark
adjective
1. plain, simple, harsh, basic, bare, grim, straightforward, blunt, bald The stark truth is that we are paying more now than we ever were.
3. austere, severe, plain, bare, harsh, unadorned the stark, white, characterless fireplace in the drawing room
4. bleak, grim, barren, hard, cold, depressing, dreary, desolate, forsaken, godforsaken, drear (literary) a stark landscape of concrete, wire and utility equipment
5. absolute, pure, sheer, utter, downright, patent, consummate, palpable, out-and-out, flagrant, unmitigated, unalloyed, arrant They are motivated, he said, by stark fear.
adverb
absolutely, quite, completely, clean, entirely, altogether, wholly, utterly I gasped again. He must have gone stark staring mad.
Translations
stark [stɑːk]
A. ADJ (starker (compar) (starkest (superl)))
1. (= austere) [simplicity, colour, beauty, décor, outline] → austero; [conditions] → severo, duro; [landscape] → inhóspito; [description] → escueto, sucinto
2. (= harsh) [reality, poverty] → crudo, sin adornos; [choice, warning, reminder] → duro
those are the stark facts of the matter → ésa es la cruda realidad del asunto
those are the stark facts of the matter → ésa es la cruda realidad del asunto
3. (= absolute) [terror, folly] → absoluto
to be in stark contrast to sth → contrastar brutalmente con algo
to be in stark contrast to sth → contrastar brutalmente con algo
stark [ˈstɑːrk]
adj
(= austere) [landscape, hills] → désolé(e); [colour] → morne; [room] → austère; [beauty, simplicity] → austère
(= harsh) [reality] → sombre before n; [poverty] → extrême; [choice] → douloureux/euse; [warning, reminder] → sévère
UK companies face a stark choice if they are to stay competitive → Les entreprises britanniques doivent faire face à un choix douloureux si elles veulent rester compétitives.
to issue a stark warning → lancer un sévère avertissement
He issued a stark warning to Washington and other Western Capitals → Il a lancé un sévère avertissement à Washington et aux autres capitales occidentales., Il a adressé un sévère rappel à l'ordre à Washington et aux autres capitales occidentales.
UK companies face a stark choice if they are to stay competitive → Les entreprises britanniques doivent faire face à un choix douloureux si elles veulent rester compétitives.
to issue a stark warning → lancer un sévère avertissement
He issued a stark warning to Washington and other Western Capitals → Il a lancé un sévère avertissement à Washington et aux autres capitales occidentales., Il a adressé un sévère rappel à l'ordre à Washington et aux autres capitales occidentales.
adv
stark naked → complètement nu(e)
stark naked → complètement nu(e)
stark
adj (+er) realism, contrast, ignorance, poverty, warning → krass; reality, truth, terror, fact → nackt; clothing, simplicity → schlicht; madness → rein, schier, hell; reminder, message also → überdeutlich; choice, silhouette → hart; landscape, cliffs, branches → nackt, kahl; light bulb → grell; colour → eintönig; (= glaring) → grell; black → trist; white → nackt; in stark terms → in harten Worten, unverblümt
stark [stɑːk]
stark [stɑːk]
1. adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (outline) → aspro/a; (landscape) → desolato/a; (simplicity, colour) → austero/a; (contrast) → forte; (reality, poverty, truth) → crudo/a
stark [stɑːk]
1. adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (outline) → aspro/a; (landscape) → desolato/a; (simplicity, colour) → austero/a; (contrast) → forte; (reality, poverty, truth) → crudo/a
adj stark [staːk]
bare, harsh or simple in a severe way a stark, rocky landscape. rotsagtig, dor قَوي، شَديد гол pustý bart kahl γυμνός, σκέτος karm خشك karu désolé שוֹמֵם कड़ा, सख्त krut, ukočen kopár keras hrjóstrugur desolato 荒涼とした 황량한 nykus kails; noplicināts; neauglīgs; tuksnešains keras kaal bar, naken; krass dziki nu dezolant голый; пустынный pustý pust ogoljen karg ตายตัว çıplak, ıssız 赤裸裸的，全然 голий; пустельний مضبوط hoang vắng, trơ trụi 赤裸裸的，全然
stark crazy/mad
completely mad. heeltemal mal مَجْنون луд за връзване úplný blázen fuldstændig gal total verrückt θεότρελος, θεοπάλαβος püstihull ديوانه pähkähullu fou à lier מְשוּגָע לְגַמרֵי एक दम पागल sasvim, potpuno lud tiszta bolond gila sepenuhnya algerlega brjálaður (matto da legare) すっかり狂って 완전히 미친 visai išprotėjęs pavisam traks gila stapelgek fullstendig gal zupełnie zwariowany completamente maluco nebun de legat совершенно сумасшедший úplný blázon čisto nor potpuno lud fullständigt galen โกธรอย่างมาก tam deli, zır deli 十足的傻瓜(蠢貨) зовсім дурний مکمل طور سے دیوانہ điên hoàn toàn 十足的傻瓜（蠢货）
stark naked
(of a person) completely naked. heeltemal kaal عارٍ تماما гол-голеничък zcela nahý splitternøgen splitternackt ολόγυμνος ihualasti برهنه ilkosillaan, ilkosen alasti tout nu עֲרוֹם לְגַמרֵי नंग धड़ंग posve gol anyaszült meztelen(ül) telanjang bulat allsnakinn (completamente nudo) 全裸の 완전히 나체의 nuogut nuogutėlis pilnīgi kails telanjang bulat spiernaakt splitter naken nagusieńki todo nu gol puşcă совершенно голый celkom nahý čisto nag potpuno nag spritt naken เปลือย; แก้ผ้า anadan doğma 一絲不掛 голий, як турецький святий مکمل طور سے برہنہ trần như nhộng 一丝不挂
stark → صارم strohý skarp krass χτυπητός inhóspito karu catégorique strog austero がらんとした 황량한 grimmig fullstendig surowy rígido голый skarp การเลือกที่ไม่ดี katı khắc nghiệt 刻板的
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