1. Devoid of any qualifications, disguise or adornment
   "facing the stark reality of the deadline";
   - blunt, crude, brute
    
2. Complete or extreme
   "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast"
    
3. Very plain, appearing grim and minimally functional
   "a stark interior";
   - austere, severe, stern
    
4. Having little or no vegetation; lifeless
   "a stark landscape";
   - bare, barren, bleak, desolate
    
5. Total or absolute (intensifier, usually emphasizing negative qualities)
   "stark staring mad";
   - arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding [Brit, informal], staring, thorough, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated, rigorous, total

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

Derived forms: starkest, starker

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

Encyclopedia: Stark, NH