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1. Devoid of any qualifications, disguise or adornment
   "facing the stark reality of the deadline";
   - blunt, crude, brute
    
2. Very plain, appearing grim and minimally functional
   "a stark interior";
   - austere, severe, stern
    
3. Complete or extreme
   "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast"
    
4. Without qualification; used informally as an (often pejorative) intensifier
   "stark staring mad";
   - arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, thorough, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated, rigorous
    
5. Providing no shelter or sustenance
   "a stark landscape";
   - bare, barren, bleak, desolate

1. To the fullest degree
   "stark mad"; "mouth stark open"

Derived forms: starker, starkest

See also: immoderate, inhospitable, plain, unconditional, unconditioned, unmitigated

Encyclopedia: Stark, Missouri