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[ adjective ] devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

Synonyms

crude blunt

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

unconditional

2
[ adjective ] complete or extreme

Examples

"stark poverty" "a stark contrast"

Related terms

immoderate

3
[ 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

unmitigated

4
[ adjective ] severely simple

Synonyms

severe austere

Examples

"a stark interior"

Related terms

plain

5
[ adverb ] completely

Examples

"stark mad" "mouth stark open"

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 858
7
[ 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

inhospitable

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