Stark

Save To My Bibliography

Overview of adj stark

      »   The adj stark has 5 meanings (first 1 from tagged texts)

• blunt, Crude1.) Petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil -- (a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons)
  
  1.) Crude, rough -- (not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry")
  
  crude, stark -- (Devoid1.) Devoid -- (completely lacking)
  
  2.) Barren, destitute, devoid, innocent -- (completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "a novel devoid of wit and inventiveness"; "a life empty of happiness"; "innocent of literary merit"; "void of understanding")
  
  devoid of any Qualifications1.) Qualification, making -- (an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something; "her qualifications for the job are excellent"; "one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree"; "she has the makings of fine musician")
  
  2.) Qualification -- (the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea; "his new position involves a qualification of his party's platform")
  
  qualifications or Disguise1.) Disguise, camouflage -- (an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories")
  
  2.) Disguise -- (any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity)
  
  disguise or Adornment1.) Adornment -- (a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness)
  
  2.) Adornment -- (the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting)
  
  adornment; "the Blunt1.) Blunt -- (make less intense; "blunted emotions")
  
  2.) Numb, benumb, blunt, dull -- (make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses")
  
  blunt truth"; "the Crude1.) Petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil -- (a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons)
  
  1.) Crude, rough -- (not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry")
  
  crude facts"; "Facing1.) Facing -- (a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening)
  
  2.) Facing, veneer -- (an ornamental coating to a building)
  
  facing the stark Reality1.) World, reality -- (all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were")
  
  2.) Reality, realness, realism -- (the state of being actual or real; "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him")
  
  reality of the deadline")

• austere, Severe1.) Severe, terrible, wicked -- (intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough")
  
  2.) Hard, knockout, severe -- (very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow")
  
  severe, stark, Stern1.) Stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail -- (the rear part of a ship)
  
  2.) Stern, Isaac Stern -- (United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920))
  
  stern -- (Severely1.) Badly, severely, gravely, seriously -- (to a severe or serious degree; "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely impaired heart"; "is gravely ill"; "was seriously ill")
  
  2.) Sternly, severely -- (with sternness; in a severe manner; "`No,' she said sternly"; "peered severely over her glasses")
  
  severely simple; "a stark interior")

• stark -- (Complete1.) Complete, finish -- (come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours")
  
  2.) Complete -- (bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements; "A child would complete the family")
  
  complete or Extreme1.) Extreme -- (the furthest or highest degree of something; "he carried it to extremes")
  
  2.) Extreme point, extreme, extremum -- (the point located farthest from the middle of something)
  
  extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast")

• arrant, Complete1.) Complete, finish -- (come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours")
  
  2.) Complete -- (bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements; "A child would complete the family")
  
  complete, consummate, double-dyed, Everlasting1.) Everlasting, everlasting flower -- (any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color)
  
  1.) Ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasing -- (continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven")
  
  everlasting, gross, Perfect1.) Perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense -- (a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect))
  
  1.) Perfect, hone -- (make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!")
  
  perfect, pure, Sodding1.) Sod -- (cover with sod)
  
  1.) Arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated -- (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")
  
  sodding, stark, Staring1.) Gaze, stare -- (look at with fixed eyes; "The students stared at the teacher with amazement")
  
  2.) Stare -- (fixate one's eyes; "The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly")
  
  staring, thoroughgoing, Utter1.) Express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to -- (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse")
  
  2.) Utter, emit, let out, let loose -- (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand")
  
  utter, unadulterated -- (without Qualification1.) Qualification, making -- (an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something; "her qualifications for the job are excellent"; "one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree"; "she has the makings of fine musician")
  
  2.) Qualification -- (the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea; "his new position involves a qualification of his party's platform")
  
  qualification; used Informally1.) Informally -- (without formality; "he visited us informally")
  
  2.) Colloquially, conversationally, informally -- (with the use of colloquial expressions; "this building is colloquially referred to as The Barn")
  
  informally as (Often1.) Frequently, often, oftentimes, oft, ofttimes -- (many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee")
  
  2.) Much, a great deal, often -- (frequently or in great quantities; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much")
  
  often pejorative) Intensifiers1.) Intensifier, intensive -- (a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier")
  
  intensifiers; "an Arrant1.) Arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated -- (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 fool"; "a Complete1.) Complete, finish -- (come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours")
  
  2.) Complete -- (bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements; "A child would complete the family")
  
  complete coward"; "a Consummate1.) Consummate -- (fulfill sexually; "consummate a marriage")
  
  2.) Consummate -- (make perfect; bring to perfection)
  
  consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "Gross1.) Gross, 144 -- (twelve dozen)
  
  2.) Gross, revenue, receipts -- (the entire amount of income before any deductions are made)
  
  gross negligence"; "a Perfect1.) Perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense -- (a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect))
  
  1.) Perfect, hone -- (make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!")
  
  perfect idiot"; "Pure1.) Pure -- (free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen")
  
  2.) Arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated -- (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")
  
  pure folly"; "what a Sodding1.) Sod -- (cover with sod)
  
  1.) Arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated -- (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")
  
  sodding mess"; "stark Staring1.) Gaze, stare -- (look at with fixed eyes; "The students stared at the teacher with amazement")
  
  2.) Stare -- (fixate one's eyes; "The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly")
  
  staring mad"; "a Thoroughgoing1.) Exhaustive, thorough, thoroughgoing -- (very thorough; exhaustively complete; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research")
  
  2.) Arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated -- (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")
  
  thoroughgoing villain"; "Utter1.) Express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to -- (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse")
  
  2.) Utter, emit, let out, let loose -- (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand")
  
  utter nonsense"; "the Unadulterated1.) Unadulterated -- (not mixed with impurities; "unadulterated maple syrup")
  
  2.) Arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated -- (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")
  
  unadulterated truth")

• bare, Barren1.) Barren, waste, wasteland -- (an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert")
  
  1.) Bare, barren, bleak, desolate, 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")
  
  barren, bleak, Desolate1.) Abandon, forsake, desolate, desert -- (leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children")
  
  2.) Depopulate, desolate -- (reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside")
  
  desolate, stark -- (Providing1.) Supply, provide, render, furnish -- (provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")
  
  2.) Provide, supply, ply, cater -- (provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests")
  
  providing no Shelter1.) Shelter -- (a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger)
  
  2.) Shelter -- (protective covering that provides protection from the weather)
  
  shelter or Sustenance1.) Nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals -- (a source of materials to nourish the body)
  
  2.) Support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance -- (the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood")
  
  sustenance; "bare Rocky1.) Rocky, bouldery, bouldered, stony -- (abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches")
  
  2.) Rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy -- (causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride")
  
  rocky hills"; "Barren1.) Barren, waste, wasteland -- (an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert")
  
  1.) Bare, barren, bleak, desolate, 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")
  
  barren lands"; "the Bleak1.) Black, bleak, dim -- (offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things")
  
  2.) Bare, barren, bleak, desolate, 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")
  
  bleak treeless Regions1.) Region, part -- (the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space")
  
  2.) Area, region -- (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region")
  
  regions of the High1.) High -- (a lofty level or position or degree; "summer temperatures reached an all-time high")
  
  2.) High, high pressure -- (an air mass of higher than normal pressure; "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high")
  
  high Andes"; "the Desolate1.) Abandon, forsake, desolate, desert -- (leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children")
  
  2.) Depopulate, desolate -- (reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside")
  
  desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape")

Overview of adv stark
      »   The adv stark has 1 meanings (no senses from tagged texts)

• stark -- (Completely1.) Wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole -- (to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea")
  
  2.) Completely -- (so as to be complete; with everything necessary; "he had filled out the form completely"; "the apartment was completely furnished")
  
  completely; "stark mad"; "Mouth1.) Mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris -- (the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy")
  
  2.) Mouth -- (the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening; "she wiped lipstick from her mouth")
  
  mouth stark open")