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[ adjective ] devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
Examples "the blunt truth" "the crude facts" "facing the stark reality of the deadline" Used in print (87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)Somehow , the pictures and stories of Soviet T-34 tanks on Cuban beaches and Russian Mig jet fighters strafing rebel troops has brought_home to all_of us the stark , blunt truth of what it means to have a Russian military base 90 miles away from home . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] complete or extreme
Examples "stark poverty" "a stark contrast" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
Examples "an arrant fool" "a complete coward" "a consummate fool" "gross negligence" "a perfect idiot" "pure folly" "what a sodding mess" "stark staring mad" "utter nonsense" Related terms |
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[ adverb ] completely
Examples "stark mad" "mouth stark open" |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 858
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[ adjective ] providing no shelter or sustenance
Examples "bare rocky hills" "barren lands" "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes" "the desolate surface of the moon" "a stark landscape" Related terms |
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