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adjective
- 1. severe or bare in appearance or outline: "the ridge formed a stark silhouette against the sky" Similar Opposite
- 2. complete; sheer: "he came running back in stark terror" Similar
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adjective. uk / stɑːk / us / stɑːrk / Add to word list. empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary: It was a stark room with a bed and chair as the only furniture. The stark reality is that we are operating at a huge loss.
The meaning of STARK is rigid in or as if in death. How to use stark in a sentence.
Definition of 'stark' Word Frequency. stark. (stɑːʳk ) Word forms: comparative starker , superlative starkest. 1. adjective. Stark choices or statements are harsh and unpleasant. U.K. companies face a stark choice if they want to stay competitive. The conviction should send out a stark warning to other motorists.
empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary: It was a stark room with a bed and chair as the only furniture. The stark reality is that we are operating at a huge loss. In the suburbs the spacious houses stand in stark (= extreme) contrast to the slums of the city's poor. Synonyms. austere.
Stark means "complete or extreme," like the stark contrast between your music taste — punk and weird metal — and your mom's, with all her 1950's doo-wop favorites. In describing a place, stark means "providing no shelter or sustenance." A barren desert or a room with no furniture or curtains is stark.
Definition of stark adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Stark definition: sheer, utter, downright, or complete. See examples of STARK used in a sentence.