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stark definition

stark (stärk)

adjective

    1. stiff or rigid, as a corpse
    2. rigorous; harsh; severe stark discipline
  2. sharply outlined or prominent one stark tree
  3. bleak; desolate; barren stark wasteland
    1. emptied; stripped stark shelves
    2. totally naked; bare
  5. grimly blunt; unsoftened, unembellished, etc. stark realism
  6. sheer; utter; downright; unrelieved stark terror
  7. Archaic strong; powerful

Etymology: ME starc < OE stearc: see stare

adverb

in a stark manner; esp., utterly; wholly stark mad

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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